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  • The Last Job - Short Story

    The job Shane had been to the house once before, It was a few years ago when he was still a kid but he remembered it well. He knew the ...

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  • A Burwood Tale - Prologue

    This is the first chapter of a Novella I am currently writing. It is aimed at early teens. Please be brutal with your critique. One Christopher Jarvis often wondered how ...

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  • A Burwood Tale - Chapter One

    This is the first chapter for a Novella I am working on, please critique. One Christopher was a normal boy with a normal life. His parents were always smiling, he ...

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  • Lonely Road

    I have decided this piece - with a little tweaking - will be used as my entry into the New Zealand National Short Stroy Competition. I therefore would greatly appreciate ...

    11 min read
  • Thirty Three Days Chapter 1

    This is a concept and first draft for a lengthy piece of fiction. I plan to write about the last 31 days of a young man's life who contracts the ...

    12 min read
  • Thirty Three Days Chapter 2

    31 daysI had been wide eyed and flat on my back for over two hours when I heard the muffled blaring from Phil’s room up the hall. After only a ...

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  • Thirty Three Days Chapter 3

    30 DaysMy clock was still running askew but I had held sleep off until almost nine the night before. I slept through until around six; midway through Phil’s morning ritual. ...

    9 min read
  • Thirty Three Days - Chapter 4

    25 Days Spoiler! : In my opinion, this is the weakest chapter of the 6 I have written. I am looking for a critique on how it flows? If all ...

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  • Trap - Part One

    A/N: Spoiler! : I have taken time off writing theme-orientated short stories, to write this. In a way I wanted to remind myself I could still write action, and fast ...

    6 min read


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price