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We live on a farm in the Wimmera, which is mostly flat, dry and desolate. However, we have ten thousand acres, bordered by the lake, the mountain and the road. On it we grow wheat and sometimes rapeseed when we have a demandby Kethry 1700 words, 1 comment, on Sep 10 6:45 AM 2007
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Lisa had just come in from her Safeway shift when she heard shouting; Darren and mum were fighting again. She hesitated for a moment and Darren ran from the kitchen and cannon-balled into her. His ginger hair bristled; his faby Kethry 1700 words, 1 comment, on Jun 2 5:27 PM 2007. In Inspirational
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by Kethry 900 words, on Feb 24 12:59 AM 2007. In First person
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by Kethry 500 words, on Jul 17 7:42 AM 2006
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by Kethry 1500 words, 6 comments, on Jun 30 6:47 PM 2006
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Today I drove a mother to the hospital to see her daughter who was in Intensive Care. The mother old, frail, nearly hysterical, desperate f
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Sally was at the tricky part of a white mud cake when she heard the doorbell ring. “Go round the back,” she yelled thinking it was Mikey home from school early.
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A long time ago before the dreaming, Ngathi, the great serpent travelled across the barren land we call our world and looked for a mate because he was lonely. He became tired f
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I sit alone in my shoe box flat that is divided into squares of varying sizes, beside a laneway that collects syringes and other secrets and listen to the rain drum a staccato
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My back hurts…again. It nags at me constantly like a mother-in-law tongue wind. They warned there’d be pain and I was prepared. I wanted the change so much, they were right abo
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Over the river and through the woods dad goes, hunting, through the river and into the woods. Into the river and around the woods he hunts baby piglets for our
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We're going to Grandma and grandpa's for dinner. I'm so excited; we haven't been there for months because grandpa's been sick. We'll have turkey and my favourite, grandma's hom
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I smile to cover my shame but it's hard standing, statue still, semi-naked before the crowds, who ogle me with lust in their eyes. Everyday from nine to five I do this. It's em
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I had been lying on a beach all day, dreaming of Bali when I was attacked.
The attackers threw a wet sheet over my head and stuck a needle in my arm. Then I heard a muffled -
Call me Pat! Everyone else does, although my real name is Patricia. Pat suits me better. I’m short and round with spiky hair that unfortunately isn’t blonde, except in a partic
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Once upon a time in a land far away there lived an Ogre who loved to sing. Every morning he would rise from his rock hard bed. Stretch, until he popped all his joints int
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She wears the jewels of the priesthood, her arm, legs and headdress marking her as untouchable. I wear the wristbands of a slave; my only possessions are my loincloth and cloak
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‘Step on a crack, break your mother’s back.’ Heart more likely, although the back breaking comes later. I’m not stepping on cracks anymore. I can’t. Not since the l
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Here I stand, a prince of the blood, blue blood runs through my veins, ice blue, like my eyes some say. I'm a monarch of all I survey and all I survey is wasteland, blizzard anby Kethry 500 words, 6 comments, on Jun 17 9:47 PM 2005. In <200 lines
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He was whisked away soon after birth, once a blood test had proven he was the son of a prince. Not that being a son of a prince was a bad thing unless you happened to be born o
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I am a seeker of the blue flame of Makata and in the year 3,013 I will quest for the flame, as will others called in the year of my choosing.
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Why do they always put the numbers running the wrong way when I'm late? 76...78...80...88...Wait, go back, it has to be here somewhere. It's vital I find it.
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Everyone who knew Gregory said he was a whiz at computer technology. Those who observed the results of his work said what he did came close to magic. What they didn’t understan
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The room was black, so black in fact that the girl held in total darkness tried to create light with her brain. She punctuated the darkness will flares of red, to no avai
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Once upon a space continuum there was polymorphic being. The polymorph named Pollywog was an adventurous, curious and excitable being, who loved to explore both his inner and o
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