During my lecture, I could feel my phone vibrating within my bag against my leg. While I couldn’t have known who was calling without...

“I’ve got my audition for the uni musical today,” I mentioned, while smearing butter over my toast. “I’ll be going in there first, then...

Mothers’ Day dawned with a strange, but not exactly unexpected, sombre mood. We all raised from bed sometime through the overcast...

I pulled up the car in front of the house in Newington, then checked the street directory. There was a pale pink balloon tied onto the...

When I arrived home from university, I could hear somebody pottering around in the kitchen while I walked down the hallway. To my...

First thing this morning, Mum dropped me off at uni on her way to work, in time for my lecture. I slipped into the theatre, a little...

I was lying face down on my bed, with the Sunday afternoon rugby league on the television. No amount of fear of the consequences of not...

This morning I woke up and migrated to my desk, knowing that I needed to get some study done before we were due to go out for dinner in...

Dad pulled his car in under the carport. We emerged from the vehicle, to head inside for our regular Friday night dinner with the...

When driving home from the university, Mum called Uncle Carlos on the handsfree. “Hello, Carlos del Reyan speaking,” he answered the...

Rain teemed down my bedroom window, as I sat at my desk, the room only illuminated by my lamp. Hearing a car outside, I sensed that Dad...

I heard my alarm, awaking with a jolt. I’d expected to feel more dead than I did. I turned it off, then got out of bed and changed...

I looked out through the window at the open fields and the vast blue sky. Only a couple of fluffy clouds hovered in the distance. A smile...

This morning, I lay in bed when my phone rang. Startling, I rolled over and took it off the charger so that I could answer the call....

As Geoff promised, we collected my car in the morning. From there we set off towards Goulburn. I felt a little queasy in the back of the...

I found myself waking up with a smile on my face, beautiful light leaking in through the gap in the curtains. It’s the wedding day. Not...

When we stepped out of the lecture theatre, Lizzie was glued to her phone. “Oh my goodness,” she blurted out, pausing. “What?” I asked,...

“How was your trip up the coast, Nina?” Timmy asked. “Good, thanks,” I answered after a moment, regaining my concentration as we set out...

In the early hours of the morning, I woke up with a start. My eyes panned around the room. I could hear a gentle sound of snoring, so I...

“I don’t know if I even want to go. Should I go?” “Yes,” Mum told me. I left with Hayley and Aunty Melissa. She dropped us off to catch...