Short Stories

Brown Shoes – A Short Story

Brown Shoes – A Short Story

In year 7 I started at a very expensive, Presbyterian all girls school. It was a big change from the small co-ed public school I came from. I remember the first day well, walking down our red dirt road to the bus stop, the dogs following me until the highway when I...

Fields of Gold – A Short Story

Fields of Gold – A Short Story

I was 13 when Mum and Dad bought me my first ‘real’ guitar, a cherry red Onyx acoustic electric. Being a ‘girl guitarist’ had its difficulties. Most of the time sound engineers and guys in the band assumed my little red Onyx was only for show and didn't bother turning...

5 Cent Pieces – A Short Story

5 Cent Pieces – A Short Story

Some people don’t believe in spirits, but I do. It all began when I was 11.   My Grandma lived in the granny flat that my father had built adjoining my childhood home. She was a tall, cheeky woman who, from time to time, had either a blue or a purple rinse that...