There was something special and primal about these times near the campfire that would always stay with Clive, some secret, primal decision that the Higgins family made, to tap into their savage selves. Clive understood on some level that his life was distant from ordinary. He felt privileged, as if he had been let in … Continue reading TopHat Part 2
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TopHat Part 1
Clive Higgins attended one day of school in his life. His mum was careful to drop him off ceremoniously for his first day of kindergarden, and less careful to pick him up. He decided to wander home once the streetlights came on, and was eventually brought in by a police officer to the arms of … Continue reading TopHat Part 1
Lottie Part 2
Lottie first heard about the virus when she was 9 years old. She didn’t understand the meaning of the broadcast, and was surprised when her mother turned off the radio, calling it fictitious trash. Lottie didn’t understand what the big deal was about being sick, or why anyone would lie about it. She had never … Continue reading Lottie Part 2
Lottie Part 1
Lottie was the youngest child of Marcus and Abbey Angel. Marcus and Abbey were young parents, given the size of their family. Although Marcus was a full decade her senior, Abbey had been only 20 when their first boy, Michael, was born. By the time Lottie was born, Abbey was well into her thirties; but … Continue reading Lottie Part 1
Ruby – Part 3
Everything actually went better than planned at first. Life carried on. Everyone on the outside thought that things were normal and each one of the family played their parts well. The kids carried on going to school for the next week and would chat to their parents through the pantry chute at night about how … Continue reading Ruby – Part 3
Ruby – Part 2
Life carried on as normal for the next couple of weeks in the Wallace household. The kids were gaining top marks at school and Ben and Andrea had treated Blake to a new bike and promised Ruby a car on her 16th birthday for doing so well at school. It was late on the next … Continue reading Ruby – Part 2
Pretribe: Time Machine – Ruby – Part 1
Being the daughter of a prominent politician was not a bad way to start life. Ruby was the daughter of Benjamin Wallace – Minister of Health – and her mother Andrea was the Finance Director for the largest Telecommunications company in the country. They had met 25 years ago at University and had both graduated … Continue reading Pretribe: Time Machine – Ruby – Part 1
Sasha
Fairview was a quiet suburb on the outskirts of Bellevue Heights. A well-kept, white-fenced suburb full of laughing children, bored housewives and business men, Fairview was the place that city folk dreamt of living in and Brian and Angela dreamt of moving out of. It had changed so much since the day they had first … Continue reading Sasha
Jennyfer Jewell (Ellie) Looks into the Past…
Interview: Jennyfer Jewell Look into the Past If you could spend a day in any time period, which one would it be and why? What do you think you would learn most from the experience? Ooh, that’s hard! Err, 1st Century B.C Rome, to see the world in which some of my favourite authors wrote, … Continue reading Jennyfer Jewell (Ellie) Looks into the Past…
Darryl – Part 1
Stoneybrook was about 150 miles into the hills to the east of the city. It was a homestead that had been in the Fletcher family for four generations and was well known throughout the area to be one of the best cattle and sheep farms in the territory. Darryl’s father Stephen now owned it after … Continue reading Darryl – Part 1