The Serpent Curse - Prologue
australian outback - day a dunnart scampers its way through the australian growth. a rustle of movement in the grass to the right. unblinking eyes. something watches, the distorted colors of snake vision.
Somewhere in the White Void Part III
In this installment, we follow an australian otter living in the former harbor city of singapore, eager to start his new job. “excited?"
Valium & Vodka: Final Chapter
In the morning, it was water instead of beer. A handful of peanuts had become a handful of pills. Immunosuppressants. Anxiolytics. Anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines, painkillers, and blood thinners, just to name a few. They sat on his tongue like...
Port Dore - Chapter One
I remember passing over the south australian border, before falling asleep shortly after that. now i could see where we were heading. i looked out the window and glanced at the sky. the sky was covered with a grey blanket of clouds.
Track and Field: Part 18 - Black Magic Woman
Lee My arm hurts. It always hurts. The pain's like an itch--like the kind you get in your throat. You can't really do anything to be rid of it. It's always just there. The pain in my heart's the same way. "Come on, son," Uncle Arthur sighed as he...
In The Doghouse: Chapter One
Every day was a new start for Reid Travis. The sunny, mild, California mornings greeted him with easterly sunrises and fair weather to which he could complete his morning routine, which now no longer consisted of alcohol consumption before noontime...
Track and Field: Part 9
I woke up and Lee was gone. I also couldn't move. My body was so stiff that to wiggle a toe seemed impossible. Were my toes even still attached? Since I couldn't crane my neck to look around it was as though I was nothing but a dismembered head...
FireFall AU: Thorn's Descent
For a minority like me to be selected to represent the australian holmgang teams was more than an honor, it was a sign of the times. i would show everyone, everyone on earth, everyone on alpha prime, we are all equals.
Track and Field: Part 11 - Lee
Lee "One, two, three, one, two, three..." _Clang, clang-clang, Clang, clang-clang..._ Left, right-left, right, left-right... "Good," my uncle barked, his sword still humming through the air and striking with mine on precise rhythm. The blows...
One Night In Heaven- Chapter One
“good to see you've kept the australian reputation intact… you more than played your part!" she mocked, rolling her eyes after gesturing to the pile of beer bottles now inside her trash can.
Ninny
He reached out a hand for the australian shepherd to sniff. she happily did so, wagging her tail like smelling his hand was her favorite thing in the world.
In The Doghouse: Chapter Eight
Reid stared at a blank wall in his house and figured that it would be a perfect spot for a fireplace, assuming that a fireplace would ever be needed for the seventy-degree Christmases known almost exclusively to Californians. While a fireplace was out...