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  • A Ready Remedy for Altitude Sickness.

    A Ready Remedy for Altitude Sickness.

    November 30, 2024

    By Oz Hardwick.  

  • The Letter of the Law.

    The Letter of the Law.

    November 30, 2024

    By Oz Hardwick. * No act is punishable that is not the result of a guilty mind.

  • Murder.

    Murder.

    November 30, 2024

    By Oz Hardwick.  

  • Be Your Own Judge and Jury.

    Be Your Own Judge and Jury.

    November 30, 2024

    by Oz Hardwick.

  • More Collocations

    More Collocations

    November 30, 2024

    The collocation of a head within its hat

  • Once in Onslow

    Once in Onslow

    November 30, 2024

    Red ochre roads

  • Duel

    Duel

    November 30, 2024

    by Mark O’Flynn.   Trees duel overhead  clashing branches like jousting poles. At such times birds are invisible taking shelter in their secret places. It knocks the stuffing out of you, this…

  • A remote island’s influence on human behaviour: interview with Brooke Hardwick.

    A remote island’s influence on human behaviour: interview with Brooke Hardwick.

    November 30, 2024

    Brooke Hardwick explores there is more than meets the eye by revealing the secret stories of her intriguing characters.

  • The Boat.

    The Boat.

    November 30, 2024

    By Mark O’Flynn.     ‘This will make him sleep more easily,’ said the doctor, gazing into the snoring storm of my father’s open mouth.   My mother hated him – the…

  • The Bends

    The Bends

    November 30, 2024

    by Stacey O’Carroll.     The sweet, mulchy, eucalyptus-tinged earth  hits my nose as we bend  and flex, around the curves. Waves running and fluttering through my fingers as we weave past…

  • Visions

    Visions

    November 30, 2024

    by Gabriele Beaini.   A cricket chirping, dozing away. The big green       Sways in the breeze, insignificant below  The void of the night. Vast and empty it seems,  Nothing but a tunnel…

  • Class: Book review.

    Class: Book review.

    November 30, 2024

    By Antonia Cassetta.   The poetry anthology Class, edited and sent in to Other Terrain by the reputable Les Wicks, is an enlightening collection that highlights the systemic plights of contemporary society.…

  • Dandelions

    Dandelions

    November 30, 2024

    By Stacey O’Carroll.  

  • There Goes the Red-Eyed Rabbit

    There Goes the Red-Eyed Rabbit

    November 30, 2024

    By Kate Maxwell.  

  • Prove Humanity.

    Prove Humanity.

    November 30, 2024

    By Kate Maxwell.   Check a box to prove you’re not a box of whirring parts wired circuits or stuff  you just don’t understand but still, you have to check a box…

  • Over the Top.

    Over the Top.

    November 30, 2024

    By Kate Maxwell.  

  • Marble and Bronze.

    Marble and Bronze.

    November 30, 2024

    By Jena Woodhouse.   “Antinous” and “The Charioteer”      Delphi Archaeological Museum   At Delphi, in clear winter light,  the season of Dionysos, the halls echo  with cries and whispers blurring into word-…

  • Lulu in LA.

    Lulu in LA.

    November 29, 2024

    By Kate Maxwell.  

  • Jack Wu

    Jack Wu

    November 28, 2024

    My name is Jack Wu and I’m currently in Swinburne taking a Bachelor’s course in Games and Interactivity. Bornhere in Melbourne, growing up I deeply loved TV, Film, cartoons, video games, comics and…

  • Alexander Pigounis

    Alexander Pigounis

    November 28, 2024

    I’m Alexander Pigounis, a current Swinburne student working towards completing my Bachelor of Arts. For as long as I can recall, stories have always been important to me. Their potential to rouse…

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