To Trust Again
How can you trust anyone ever again when the person you’ve committed to share your life with disappears without a trace? Along with half of your joint bank account savings, leaving you to raise two small children on your own.
Stripe and Socks
Kittens in the Cowshed When farmer Brown sees a ‘kittens for sale’ sign at the local village post office, he thinks about the mice problem in his dairy. He has forgotten how cute kittens can be. A feel good Christmas…
The Outback Casino
My short story, “The Outback Casino” is included in the 2024 edition of the Australian Outback Writers Festival short story Anthology: The Outback Vol 9! You can order a paperback copy of the anthology from Outback Books. And of course, as a subscriber to my…
A Twist of Fate
A single bullet – a tragedy and the shattered lives of five children 1924 Cape Town, South Africa. When a much-loved mother is accidentally shot and killed by her three-year-old son, she leaves five young children devastated and unsure of…
The Candelabra
A broken engagement and the death of a beloved family pet. What are friends for? Lindy is at an all-time low after her broken engagement, now the loss of a beloved family pet. In an attempt to console her best…
Where Is She? (revised)
Hijacked in her car – Where is she? Margie arrives home and jumps out the car to open the gate. The barrel of a gun to her head stops her in her tracks. A similar incident happened to a friend…
The Couple Next Door
Do you really know the couple next door? The delightful couple next door have some strange habits. Is it really any of our business? You can read all of my short stories here on my website, just by becoming a…
Beside the Seaside
A fight against the rising tide in search of a missing child Beside the Seaside is about a frantic search for Gracie. Gracey loves to play hide and seek. She is forbidden from going to the beach on her own,…
Trilogy of Short Stories
Nate and Benny have struck a problem – the gold seam they’ve discovered isn’t where it should be. Stormy the pony is resisting Rusty’s encouragement to pull a cart. And Dusty’s owners may want him to be an indoor cat, but he has other ideas.
No Way Home
It has been raining for days. The gravel roads on this African game ranch have turned to mud and animals roam freely. Jenny travels through challenging conditions to collect her children from boarding school. The return journey has its problems – trapped, alone without communication.