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CONTENT WARNING: This post contains some strong language and concerns domestic violence.

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October 13, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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A house afire

‘It started the day we moved in,’ the woman says.

‘We wake at 3 or 4 in the morning to explosions and banging,’ the man says. ‘The bedroom is thick with smoke and flames are curling up the doorframe.’ 

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September 3, 2020September 5, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Self-doubt in the expanding universe

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When I was young I loved sci-fi.

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May 31, 2020May 31, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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[Reader Warning: Gently sacrilegious-themed silliness ahead]

The Angel Gabriel’s doing stand-up. Continue reading →

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April 8, 2020 peterfrankiswrites
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Lament

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Here’s where you’ll stand at the head and at the feet. Your cheeks will be wet, keep nothing in reserve. Continue reading →

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August 10, 2019August 14, 2019 peterfrankiswrites
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The Golden Comb

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Frank’s backed up. Continue reading →

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September 29, 2018October 4, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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Coalface

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February 2017: It’s Question Time in Australia’s Parliament. It’s been a difficult week for the Government: dire polls, grim economics, scandals and policy flip-flops. They need a circuit-breaker. The Treasurer steps up to address the House, in his hand is a lump of coal. Continue reading →

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September 16, 2018 peterfrankiswrites
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What I know about time (3) – haibun

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I’m telling her the story. ‘There’s a scene in Inland Empire where Lorna Dern —’

‘It’s Laura,’ she says.

‘What?’

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September 4, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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Kitty or what I know about time (2) – haibun

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Here’s Kitty leaving —

Day’s gone, it’s already dark and the insufficient street lights are coming on. There’s no colour in the traffic and the pavement is crowded. Everyone is walking out of brightness into shadow, hundreds of figures moving in and out of the murk.

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August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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What I know about time – haibun

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[there’s a little bit of strong language in this one]

‘She’s here,’ Pete says. ‘Can you come?’ Continue reading →

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August 27, 2017 peterfrankiswrites
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