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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


Ricci Schwarzler - Eight
Emotions like jewels Hidden around the house Nobody can find them I’m safe Nobody can get to them I’m safe Nobody must ever see them A...
Ricci Schwarzler
Jan 201 min read


David Gairdner
Jan 200 min read
Vesna McMaster - Eight
8 – us, the children and the dog 7 – years since we were OK 6 - rooms to sleep and play 5 – dust-boxed school records 4 – fibs, fiddles...
Vesna McMaster
Jan 201 min read


Kevan Smith – New Year
‘New Year!! What the…' ‘I haven’t gotten used to the last New Year. To be truthful, I’m still flummoxed that it is ALREADY 25 years...
Kevan Smith
Jan 132 min read


Michael Collins - New Year
New Year more fear Who is really who… Allow me to be more precise... more clear... As if Christmas was not bad enough With the...
Michael Collins
Jan 131 min read


David Gairdner - Table
I break all the rules When I sit down on tables and write haikus.
David Gairdner
Jan 131 min read


Vesna McMaster - New Year
‘November.’ She glowers at the wall chart. ‘There are too many gaps in the to-do list from January.’ ‘You haven’t done too badly. We...
Vesna McMaster
Jan 132 min read


Michael Sheridan - New Year
Sometimes, it is said, when the energy is just right, when you can let go of yourself just enough, when the magic of the universe wills...
Michael Sheridan
Jan 131 min read


Ricci Schwarzler - New Year
The day dawned… thankfully. I am always so grateful for that. Not sure what I’ll do if it doesn’t. Anyway that’s a problem for another...
Ricci Schwarzler
Jan 132 min read
Kevan Smith - Table
Sitting around, propping up and leaning on the variegated, woven, black jacquard encompassing and enhancing it. An eating place, a...
Kevan Smith
Jan 131 min read


Vesna McMaster - Table
My tables Water table Tabulate Tibia Tabitha Jicama Pemmican Porcelain Pachyderm Panacea Piecemeal Pancreas ‘Popotamus Otter bus Totter...
Vesna McMaster
Jan 131 min read


Carol Gano - New Year
Get into it and enjoy the festive season. We celebrate Xmas all through January – even when the ‘Christ’ sentiment dissipates after the...
Carol Gano
Jan 131 min read


David Gairdner - Sun
I'm crepusculared cresting on the blinding star, satellite vision
David Gairdner
Jan 61 min read


Ricci Schwarzler - Son
She walked into the room, and I instantly disliked her. There's nothing wrong with judging a book by its cover… sometimes. She was my...
Ricci Schwarzler
Jan 65 min read


Michael Sheridan - Stuck
“Hey AI, I need to start a psychedelic story about being stuck." “I can do that “, said the AI. The AI thought for a moment. “In a dense,...
Michael Sheridan
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Jeanette Abery - The Jolly Old Fellow Got Stuck In The Chimney
Real true story December 24th – where is Santa? The children have gone for the obligatory Christmas Eve walk along the road, looking for...
Jeanette Abery
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Group Story 1 - The Neighbour's Kids
‘They are back again,’ She felt her eyes rolling as she said it, and knew her voice was exasperated and tired. ‘They’ were the...
The Group
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Group Story 3 – The Hidden Pond
He stepped aside to reveal a hidden hole in the pond, inside which nestled the bottom of a waterfall, falling into a pond, surrounded by...
The Group
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Michael Collins - The Jolly Old Fellow Got Stuck In The Chimney
The Jolly Old Fellow got stuck in the chimney: but it was Christmas morning, so it was all just very funny. Still, it was...
Michael Collins
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Carol Gano - The Jolly Old Fellow Got Stuck In the Chimney
He tried to sneeze and fart and cough – but it was no use whatsoever. So what did Winnie the Pooh do when he was stuck? He resorted to...
Carol Gano
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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