After passing through the courthouse security, I scanned down the list of hearings posted for that day. Zipporah’s courtroom was a few...

There was a spare chair beside Zipporah. I tried not to stare at it, but I wasn’t sure whether or not somebody should have taken it away....

I was seated at my desk this morning, my feet bare and my ankles loosely crossed. My mobile phone was placed in the far corner of the...

I continued to watch out the window as we departed from Shoal Bay, until my neck started to ache if I wanted to spot the apartment block....

To my surprise, it was gloomy and raining when I awoke on the first morning at Shoal Bay. Yet, I ambled down the hallway with something...

Now that the hockey season was over, I was no longer rushing to get to work at the library on the first Wednesday afternoon in October....

Dad knocked first on the door of our grandparents’ home in Bankstown, a heritage-painted terrace which they’d downsized to. We waited for...

I strolled over the hill. Around my feet, the long grass swayed. When I reached the crest, I noticed Debbie. She was seated cross-legged...

I stepped onto the hockey field, with the grand final just seconds away from commencing. My heart was thudding within my chest, because I...

When my mobile phone beeped, I glanced over and fetched it from the bed. Can u get onto the uni server?; Lexie had asked. I opened an...

This morning, I dawdled down the hallway after waking up. When I arrived in the kitchen, Dad was leaning back against the bench, with the...

“Really, Mum?” I attempted to reason with her. “I just don’t want to have to spend time with Geoff. No longer do I trust him given...

When I arrived at the hockey field, the earlier game had already commenced. Figures in green and gold, from the Baulkham Hills and...

The ceiling swam above me. Exhaustion pulsated through my veins. The television played softly with the sombre tune of the morning news. I...

My alarm blared this morning. I rolled over and turned it off, then closed my eyes again. After a moment’s peace, I remembered again. Six...

I woke up this morning with a smile on my face, in my regular bed downstairs at Greg and Natalie’s house. My sinuses felt blocked, so I...

This afternoon, I was sitting in the university library, studying. I heard footsteps. Glancing up, I noticed Robert stepping towards the...

The evening would be for smuggling takeaway into the nursing home where Grandpa, Geoff’s great-grandfather, was celebrating his...

We played hockey away on Wednesday afternoon, for our final match of the regular season, before the semi-finals. “If we win today . . .”...

Lizzie sidled up beside me, where I was sitting at a picnic table in the university grounds, trying and failing to study while wearing my...