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  • “The Other Bridget” By Rachael Johns

    The beautiful and timeless existence of love can surely never be doubted. Even a mere slither of love can cast undiluted and dazzling light onto an otherwise murkily dreary day. Further, romantic love illuminates millions of lives throughout the world… Continue reading

    “The Other Bridget” By Rachael Johns
  • “Ripper” By Shelley Burr

    Australian country towns are, going on initial appearances, a frontier embodiment, and time capsule of, deeply embedded old-fashioned customs, values and relationships…….or are they? There are some Australian country towns that exist as a veritable mirage of their ‘glory days’.… Continue reading

    “Ripper” By Shelley Burr
  • “Emergency Exit Only” By Michelle Upton

    There are undeniably millions of folk in the workforce, around the globe, who are firmly entrenched in jobs they are miserably unhappy in. The spectrum of job dissatisfaction can range from disliking, but being stoically tolerant of the workplace in… Continue reading

    “Emergency Exit Only” By Michelle Upton
  • “Tom Lake” by Ann Patchett

    How well do you really know your parents? Undoubtedly they lived a (hopefully) full, exuberant and even perhaps remorselessly audacious life before you were even a thought in their mind. Would you want to know the all-encompassing details and vagaries… Continue reading

    “Tom Lake” by Ann Patchett
  • “Everyone and Everything” By Nadine J. Cohen

    Mental health is for some a dangerously slippery slope. Where an avalanche of psychological ‘nasties’ invade one’s life when they are least wanted (‘nasties’ including severe depression, anxiety and panic attacks and general but engulfing sadness). Often the mentally ill… Continue reading

    “Everyone and Everything” By Nadine J. Cohen
  • “The Broken Wave” By Matthew Ryan Davies

    Childhood friendships are overwhelmingly shrouded in innocence and naivety, and so beautifully encapsulate mountains of idealism and a sense of purpose. Heartbreakingly, childhood can also be a time of indisputable tragedy and trauma. When childhood friends share such lethal blows,… Continue reading

    “The Broken Wave” By Matthew Ryan Davies
  • “Just Another Missing Person” By Gillian McAllister

    Undeniably, this world is not the veritable utopia we would all (or most) would like it to be. Without doubt, there are subtle (as well as seismically major) forms of corruption in even the seemingly respectable and incorruptible echelons of… Continue reading

    “Just Another Missing Person” By Gillian McAllister
  • “Resurrection Walk” By Michael Connelly

    Our legal system (here in Australia, but also in other developed countries, such as America), is, in its noblest iteration, a force for good and justice for all.  It is a necessary judicature that we, who pride ourselves on being… Continue reading

    “Resurrection Walk” By Michael Connelly
  • Christmas – Is it the Merriest Time of the Year?

    There are a myriad of reasons why the seemingly overtly joyful (and sometimes frivolous) season of Christmas is paradoxically a time of acute suffering for many. Even deeply distressing for a number of people. There exists in our society insidious,… Continue reading

    Christmas – Is it the Merriest Time of the Year?
  • “Talk To The Heart” by Rachael Johns

    Down through the centuries, in times of inner undiluted angst and turmoil, millions of humans have cried out to God for help. And that help has always been forthcoming. Often in surprisingly unexpected and divergent ways. Such beholden paths are… Continue reading

    “Talk To The Heart” by Rachael Johns