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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS
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 121 min read
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Vesna McMaster - Table
My tables Water table Tabulate Tibia Tabitha Jicama Pemmican Porcelain Pachyderm Panacea Piecemeal Pancreas ‘Popotamus Otter bus Totter...
Vesna McMaster
Jan 121 min read
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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 121 min read
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David Gairdner - Sun
I'm crepusculared cresting on the blinding star, satellite vision
David Gairdner
Jan 51 min read
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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 55 min read
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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 8, 20241 min read
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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 8, 20241 min read
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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 8, 20242 min read
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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 8, 20241 min read
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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 8, 20242 min read
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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 8, 20241 min read
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David Gairdner
Painting away The chimney did not (…) enjoyable  No one enjoyed the experience It was deathly for all The chimney knew it would be...
David Gairdner
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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Group Story 4 – The Slipper, The Possums, Apollo
She wielded the pale blue slipper like a shield and the bullets flew back towards him. Â Fortunately, Apollo, god of the sun (and more)...
The Group
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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Group Story 2 - The Aftermath of the Feast
He hurled himself through the closing doors, reaching the room just in time. ‘Quickly, this way.’  She stepped furtively between the...
The Group
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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Ricci Schwarzler - The Jolly Old Fellow Got Stuck In The Chimney
I looked at his butt, was it Santa I see? I prodded and poked to help him down. ‘What are you doing you stupid clown?’ ‘Oh Santa it’s me...
Ricci Schwarzler
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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Vesna McMaster - The Jolly Old Fellow Got Stuck In The Chimney
‘I can’t do it, Marge.’  ‘Yes you can, all you need is reach a bit further.’  ‘I can’t! My belly’s in the way!’  ‘Breathe in and...
Vesna McMaster
Dec 8, 20242 min read
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Carol Gano- Remembrance
Remember, remember, remember, remember  Uncle Rupe in Maleny, Qld. who married his wife in secret. She, my auntie Alex, was at Uni and...
Carol Gano
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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Ricci Schwarzler- Remembrance
The screaming, the blood, the pain, the sadness. I remember when I was young, only I never had all fun. I never had any fun. Basically,...
Ricci Schwarzler
Nov 10, 20242 min read
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Kevan Smith - Remembrance
He sat and watched the fire during low, embers glistening and spitting as the oil wood burst tiny sparks. His mind was numb, not...
Kevan Smith
Nov 10, 20241 min read
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Rose Coote - Remembrance
I wish I’d asked my dad more, when he was alive, about his war years. When you are young, you are only interested in the gory bits. Did...
Rose Coote
Nov 10, 20242 min read
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