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Over the months, I’ve published a fair few stories on this site. Scrolling back isn’t an ideal way to find ones you might have missed, so here’s an alphabetical list with links.
Tuesday Tales
These are all free to read and listen to.
Acheron
Winery manager Pan Nikolopoulos looks back fondly on his schooldays and his first love in Victoria’s tranquil Acheron Valley. Yet true love’s path was rarely predictable or safe with Áine Doyle …
Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Astrid
A woman on holiday falls in love with a dilapidated wooden schooner. ‘Astrid’ takes the reader on a voyage spanning half the globe and half a lifetime.
Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Badger Hill
A young woman suffers an injury on the first day of a walk in the rugged Otways hills. She finds herself stranded at a lonely campsite. Events soon take a sinister turn.
Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3
Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3
Chronicles of Smurf
When his elderly owner is taken into hospital, Smurf is plucked from a comfortable and uneventful life and forced to deal with a new set of characters and circumstances. Luckily he is smarter than your average cat. A tongue-in-cheek look at Permaculture and Australian family life from a feline perspective.
Principle 1 • Principle 2 • Principle 3 • Principle 4 • Principle 5 • Principle 6 • Principle 7 • Principle 8 • Principle 9 • Principle 10 • Principle 11 • Principle 12
Forked Creek
A ferocious invader threatens the viability of Marg’s farming enterprise – and the man she hires in response awakens tensions within her tight-knit group of volunteers.
Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Lethe
A darkly humorous story of love, forgetting and cups of tea. And who is that in the woodshed?
Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3
Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3
Naming Calls
Tucked away in the rugged High Country, sculptor Tom embarks on a monumental woodcarving. But something is not quite right … A tale of guilt, atonement and love.
Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5
Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5
Writer’s Retreat
A novelist hopes for a productive winter in an isolated coastal cottage. She finds that she has more company than she bargained for.
Story: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5
Podcast: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5
Friday Novella
The Friday Novellas require a paid subscription (US$5 per month or US$55 per year). Follow the links for free sample chapters.
Cast Ashore
Les Barker is a lonely divorcee living in the tiny seaside town of Skeleton Creek. While beachcombing he makes a discovery which will change his life – and challenge his integrity.
Jacky Winter
After the death of her father, 12-year-old Keira is hurt and confused. New friend Jacky Winter opens her eyes to the magic of the bush and helps her in many a tricky situation. A coming-of-age story set in the Victorian Goldfields in the 1980s.
Stingaree Bay
A group of friends confronts the trials of ageing by forming a bluegrass band. Follow the loves, laughs and unlikely predicaments of the Pickin’ Chickens through the last pre-pandemic summer.
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