The Messenger is a writer’s book at heart. While the plot is original and amusing, what I enjoyed most was Australian author Markus Zusak’s playful walk along the outermost edge ...
Will someone rush in late, sidling down the row in the dark bumping knees and blocking the view? Or not. Perhaps something urgent came up, and they’re out there dealing ...
Will everything change for the new year? New things can be exciting, or scary. Often they go from being one to the other. Is there a story in that journey?
You can uncover anything, or anyone, if you look hard enough. What story lurks in these drawers?
Grand gesture of love? Memorial tribute? Apology? …
Who or what is watching what or whom? Maybe your story begins at a night football match or in a prison yard. Or perhaps these are magnified neurons furiously sending ...
All’s fair. Or is it? What goes on in the darkness behind the bright lights and manic carousel jingles? The boy who always rocks the ferris wheel car… do you ...
Luxury… some have got, some have not. To what lengths would your character go to get some? Or to hide it, if they had to? Rags, riches, or the unpredictable ...
Crossed Wires. Have you looked up lately? Hundreds of lines of communication meeting, crossing, connecting people. At least, they used to. What does the architecture of today’s communication lines look ...
School Sports Day. Did you relish it, or dread it? Were you always last to be picked, or first to the finish? In the run up to the Olympics, it seems there’s ...
In the wrong place at the wrong time… Have you been there? Think about all that could be going down inside this building. Is the driver worried, or laughing? Or ...
We all know this guy. Standing discreetly to one side, in a suit, hand in pocket, head bowed listening obediently, as if to the Mothership. What’s the news today… Has ...
Is it just for old men? Maybe teenagers converge at the alley to get away from their parents, or mums go to escape their kids? Are those slidey retro shoes just begging to ...
