Mabel, Pablo and their little boy were walking on the beach. It was a sunny day but still not the season when the beach is full of people. As a matter of fact there was nobody there. The little boy was picking up stones and shells and running around his mum and dad. In the … Continue reading The Good Luck Story
I was walking along the path at dusk, trying to reach the safety of my apartment before the sun set. After the sun sets, the people in the red apartment building come out and the people in the beige apartment building lock themselves away. A lady was rushing from her car towards the apartment buildings. … Continue reading The Two Apartment Buildings
In the cities and towns, the people complain when the sky turns grey and the heavens open. But out in the bush, the bugs and birds, the plants and the fungus - they all breathe a sigh of relief. But you know who else's stress is abated? That's right: the waterfall. We think of eighty-year-old … Continue reading Respect the Water
The cows won't milk no more. The grass is good, the cows are fat and the dams are full, but the cows just won't milk. The vet can't nut it out. The scientists said there ain't nothing wrong with the dirt. Even the guy with the tin-hat reckons it weren't aliens this time. Ain't no … Continue reading The Cows Won’t Milk no More
Do you remember the day you stopped being a kid? Do you remember the last time you had an epic adventure through the garden? Do you remember the last time you had a dream which took you through colourful lands of candy canes and friendly goblins? If you try very hard, you'll probably remember the … Continue reading The Hat Factory
"What is it? A fly?" Asks one voice. "No, it's got to be a bird." Replies another. "I'd say it's just a smudge." Comes a third voice from across the board-room table. There's a gathering in the conference room at the headquarters of the National Photographic Society. "The guy obviously can't use his camera properly." … Continue reading The Photograph
Glenn was a blokey bloke. He wore blokey shoes, worked at a blokey job and watched blokey TV shows. He'd usually put on a Western Movie after a hard day working in the mud. One day he slumped in his couch, put on his Western movie, and nodded off for a moment. He missed what … Continue reading Glenn in Rio
When I walk amongst the pine trees there is a silence and a stillness. I am being watched suspiciously, and in an unfriendly way. The pine trees do not like it when I upset their fallen needles with my footsteps, and they look on without making a sound. They hope that I'll pass beneath a … Continue reading The Casuarinas
I am alien from Xenothropia-7 and I come visit your planet Gorgohammer-16. I understanding that you call it "Earth". We too have series of seventeen planets known as "Earth", but they in another galactic cluster. Nothing like your little blue planet. To prepare for visit, I study "Interplanetary Diplomacy 101." Teacher tell me many things. … Continue reading The Alien
I am so old, dirty, touched, creased, than I can't believe that anybody will love me ever again. I am being told that I was beautiful, intelligent, mesmerizing, inspiring and well spoken. I am remembered as funny. I have been living under the same roof for longer than I can remember. Once I was new. This … Continue reading Old and Decrepit
Tandi Tales 