‘You’re stressed,’ my GP told me following a check-up. ‘Is there anything bothering you?’ Bothering me? Hmmm. Let me see. Relationship in the shitter, no social life, and work …
Each morning (Louise Pine)
Each morning I get off the train at Spencer Street station to go to work. I’m part of the crowd that pours out of train carriages onto asphalt platforms, …
White Goods (David Cohen)
So you have a question for me? I hope it’s about white goods. You are no doubt aware that I specialise in washers and, to a lesser extent, dryers. Look …
Dear Dolly (David Finnigan)
Q. Dear Dolly, I am a fifteen-year-old. I have lots of guy friends but I have never had a boyfriend or been kissed. Do the pubes ever stop growing? A. …
18 play ideas from 2002 (David Finnigan)
1. the protagonist wakes up in the middle of the night and sees that the moon is too bright – that means the sun’s too bright – that means the …
Potential band names (Finnigan and Brother)
Okay so it’s time you started a band. I know, you’ve put it off for ages, but it’s halfway through 2011 and you promised your grandma. But, what will you …
The Fourth Bus Stop (Peter Farrar)
The bus rumbles under him like a rushing heartbeat. He reverses, watching the cyclone fence edge closer in the trembling rear vision. “Yosi!” shouts the supervisor. “We can probably …
The Game (Irma Gold)
Abby is tall and lanky, taller than all the boys and skinny as all hell. Every afternoon she pegs it down to the wreckers to play with her brother Dan …
Self-Portrait Without Mythology (Sharanya Manivannan)
That’s the thing about this business. Some days you sparkle like a teenage vampire. Some days you feel as though you’ve walked through the remains of an exploded dhrishti …
Instinct (Angela Meyer)
My burrow smells like animal shit and typist underarms. There is also the earth. Sigmund greets me with a hiss and I take him from the glass and let him …