Oct
20
#224: Prick
He stops painting. The realisation stuns him. For the last few weeks he was walking around amazed at how his
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Odd Spot of Writing
A daily experiment in creative writing. Each weekday I write a micro short story inspired by the daily Odd Spot from The Age newspaper.
Oct
19
#223: Here we are
He first sees Miriam as a fleeting image, caught between other mourners. She is dressed in a bright red dress,
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Oct
18
#222: Brave
The feeling Joshua gets when he sees his brother is the same he has when he sees himself in the
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Oct
17
#221: Died
Joshua elected to remain in the room. Everyone else went into the room for families in this exact situation. To
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Oct
14
#220: Sold
Joshua arrived at the dog kennel, fearing the worst. It wasn’t Ziggy’s age, nor that she’d been
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Oct
13
#219: Spear
It was audacious. The idea was simple. Make the idea so big, it couldn’t fail.
Joshua measured the height
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Oct
12
#218: Ziggy
The dog had a way of sticking her head between his legs. She’d then sit, lifting her head up
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Oct
11
#217: Birds
They’ve known each other since the first day of school. And he knows not to write about it all.
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Oct
10
#216: Namesake
She had black hair and brown eyes. That’s what got him. The black hair and brown eyes. He had
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Oct
07
#215: Indeed
The woman, on the other end, sounded like a mix between someone who really knew him and a cold caller.
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