“Of course, we have facilities in Melbourne, and I’m sure that your new good friend Sam would tell you that they have good facilities in...

The plane finally landed with a thud, then ground to a halt. I waited for a moment. “Alright, I think that we’re good to go.” I fastened...

I didn’t need an alarm to wake me up, even before dawn. It had been a restless night. “Are you dressed?” Mohammed asked, appearing in the...

While we drove to the airport, I called Wayne. He didn’t answer, but this didn’t surprise me, as I figured he would be working. “Hi,...

As soon as I placed down the ‘closed’ sign on my checkout just after four o’clock this afternoon, I jolt of adrenaline rushed through me....

“Are you going to call your mother again?” Dad asked Mum. I was making my way out to the kitchen, to have breakfast. He was eating honey...

The sky was a dark and threatening shade of grey when I returned home by bicycle from my shift at the supermarket. Staring upwards on the...

The shopping mall in Sorell is T-shaped. In order to get to the supermarket, you have to stroll along the vertical bar of the T, then...

Around dinner time, the doorbell rang. I immediately leapt up from the couch. Once I’d stepped from the lounge room, I headed down the...

Mum brought me toast and cups of tea, while I was lying in bed. I wasn’t rostered on at work, because I was still supposed to be in...

The sun had just risen upon our landing in Sydney, so the sky was a sea of very pale, pastel blue. I stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling...

Midway through the day, after we had checked on all the animals in the morning, Nanek and I climbed into the car. My suitcase was on the...

I awoke this morning to a sore leg and a familiar ringing sound, so I scrambled across the lounge to answer the phone. It didn’t seem to...

CW: Gun violence, death. The plane touched down on the runway with a thud and I immediately felt a shock of adrenaline to my heart....