Earlier works – Trouble in the Garden & Not a Flotation Device – published by Ginninderra Press.

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Keeper Stars burned in bright whorls as the ship climbed out of the ecliptic.

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Hollow Dayna just won’t quit. ‘It’s three in the morning,’ she whined from the darkened bedroom.

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Chop ‘It’s tough,’ she said through a mouthful of gristle, munching extra loud to make a point.

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The Wooden Guy It’s not that I don’t try but mostly I just don’t get it.

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Rapport ‘Anonymity is golden Paul.’ I can still hear Dr Flores in the induction session an age ago.

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On being hit in the head (for David Lang)…‘heh…hello…hello heyloo-oo-oo…Mr Lang, can you hear me?’

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Sleeping in Red City Awake/not awake, how do you tell?

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Dog Days I think my dog is depressed.

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Time’s Arrow Every story needs an arc, a trajectory.

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Second Nature If I have to watch another of his re-runs, I’ll sell the cat.

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The nose replies (a homage)  G reckoned that it was all extraordinary and happened in the Capital one autumn over a few days, barely a fortnight…the-nose

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Rom Com He was due at one…rom-com

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Alice Eleanor lies naked on the bed. No thoughts, she is pale and empty and a little chilly from the air-conditioning…alice

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Happy now Satan asks
— Well?
— I never thought much about it.   happy-now

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The futurefone  We were in bed when the future called. …futurefone

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Is love still possible? Even though everything in the Universe was accelerating away from everything else…is-love-possible

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Funnier Ed wasn’t looking good. funnier

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Fuse Country They sit in the car looking straight ahead. ‘I’d better go,’ she says. …fuse-country

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To the lake again Janey was in the car and the car was in the lake again…to-the-lake-again

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How to pass the Turing Test: A study guide First developed in 1950, the Turing test remains…how-to-pass-the-turing-test

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What I know about time  We were lying in bed watching the ceiling…what-i-know-about-time

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In the Emerald Hotel After nine months, one hundred and twenty-seven flights, in-the-emerald-hotel

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The Second Father Here’s me supplanted, replaced, reduced…the-second-father

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Up from the beach On its final approach the plane turned …up-from-the-beach

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