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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


Tall Tales - Kevan Smith
(3 mins) She slowly crept through the slightly open window to the small room. Sitting in the dark, she spun her body and let each of her children off. One by one the 347 scurried off her long translucent body as her legs, all eight of them, spread and panted to hold both onto the frame and the cornice. (17 mins) Billy the Cart Careening down the hill his billycart started to wobble badly. The ball-bearing wheels spun and threw sparks off the gravel-embedded asphalt. ‘Oh
Kevan Smith
Dec 11, 20232 min read


Tall Tales - Vesna McMaster
(3 mins) The roo stood tall in the grass. ‘This is how you pretend to be a stump,’ she told her joey. Joey could not sit still. His ears twitched. He looked over his shoulder. The human turned their head. ‘Look, kangaroos!’ ‘Way to go, Joey. Way to go.’ She leaned back on her tail. A tale of marsupial parental disappointment. (17 mins) ‘I felt I was being thrown off a cliff. It was terrible. I can’t believe they did that to me.’ ‘Really?’ He looked dismally down at

Vesna McMaster
Dec 11, 20232 min read


Tall Tales - David Gairdner
(3 mins) Tall… T a l l -Mayfield is 20 minutes away oh no. -The dish washing Man. -He will not wait in this heat. -slowly wait. -Do you...
David Gairdner
Dec 11, 20231 min read


Tall Tales - Connie Newbound
Anyone ever had a friend or relative who told so many tall stories that you were never sure whether the story was true or fabricated. If...
Connie Newbound
Dec 11, 20232 min read


Tall Tales - Carolyn Rudinsky
(3 mins) An exaggerated situation. An unbelievable plot, insane characters, shock events. Mystery, subterfuge. A massive ‘didn’t see it...
Carolyn Rudinsky
Dec 11, 20231 min read


Tall Tales - Carol Gano
Shorties (3 mins) SO shorties, just like miniskirts? No they’re called ‘SMALLS’. Not for little people – little clothing! What, for...
Carol Gano
Nov 13, 20232 min read
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