Solar Santa
By Abigayle Carmody. I’m hanging up my Santa boots after all these years. No more Merry Merry Happy Christmas HO HO HO for me. Magic’s gone. Kids are onto it early. Probably googling Is Santa real? on their parent’s phones … Continued
A Camelot Christmas
by Adrian Brookes. On Christmas morn in Camelot, as dawn was waking pale, There echoed from far dark domains a fraught and fearsome wail— A noble quest! To arms I’d sprung and bid my loyal steed Make thunder of his … Continued
Excerpt from the North Pole News
By Geoffrey Gaskill. Christmas 2021 is to be cancelled. Speaking from the North Pole, Father Christmas said, ‘It will come as a shock, but it had to be done. There’s just too much unfinished business. Take COVID for a start. … Continued
Finest 500 Writing Prize 2021
FIRST PRIZE Swimming with Sharks, by Jo Curtain I have moved from the family home I (we) lived in for thirty years to a new, different space in Caloundra. As you’d imagine, packing up a house where so much living … Continued
The love tree
By Kerstin Lindros Rob slumps against the faded armrest of the comfy chair by the window. He’s been still for most of the past hour. Their builder had predicted it would draw lots of moisture. The house would shift. Walls … Continued