Lottie was the youngest child of Marcus and Abbey Angel. Marcus and Abbey were young parents, given the size of their family. Although Marcus was a full decade her senior, Abbey had been only 20 when their first boy, Michael, was born. By the time Lottie was born, Abbey was well into her thirties; but … Continue reading Lottie Part 1
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Ruby – Part 3
Everything actually went better than planned at first. Life carried on. Everyone on the outside thought that things were normal and each one of the family played their parts well. The kids carried on going to school for the next week and would chat to their parents through the pantry chute at night about how … Continue reading Ruby – Part 3
Ruby – Part 2
Life carried on as normal for the next couple of weeks in the Wallace household. The kids were gaining top marks at school and Ben and Andrea had treated Blake to a new bike and promised Ruby a car on her 16th birthday for doing so well at school. It was late on the next … Continue reading Ruby – Part 2
Pretribe: Time Machine – Ruby – Part 1
Being the daughter of a prominent politician was not a bad way to start life. Ruby was the daughter of Benjamin Wallace – Minister of Health – and her mother Andrea was the Finance Director for the largest Telecommunications company in the country. They had met 25 years ago at University and had both graduated … Continue reading Pretribe: Time Machine – Ruby – Part 1
Sasha
Fairview was a quiet suburb on the outskirts of Bellevue Heights. A well-kept, white-fenced suburb full of laughing children, bored housewives and business men, Fairview was the place that city folk dreamt of living in and Brian and Angela dreamt of moving out of. It had changed so much since the day they had first … Continue reading Sasha
Darryl – Part 1
Stoneybrook was about 150 miles into the hills to the east of the city. It was a homestead that had been in the Fletcher family for four generations and was well known throughout the area to be one of the best cattle and sheep farms in the territory. Darryl’s father Stephen now owned it after … Continue reading Darryl – Part 1
Darryl – Part 2
Darryl came back from the hospital with 10 stitches, a very sore hand and a small dent in his pride. He got a half hour lecture from his Mum and Dad reminding him that he was only seven and that he should know better than to go playing with the shearing machines – not to … Continue reading Darryl – Part 2
Darryl – Part 3
Darryl saw his father lying face down in the creek over the hill. Darryl was stunned. His father was the best rider he knew there’s no way he would have fallen from his horse. Darryl jumped off the horse and ran to his father. He turned him over and knew at once that his father … Continue reading Darryl – Part 3
Moz Part 3
“Don’t you ever come home at this time again!” Maddy had been out all night and now as dawn was breaking she found her father waiting on the couch for her, fuming with rage and worry. She knew that she was pushing the boundaries, knew that her Dad was worried for her. But while she … Continue reading Moz Part 3
Moz Part 2
“Rough and rugged” was the description Sonja told all the girls when they met up for coffee after she and Maddy had bumped into Callum. The gang were pretty excited about this new guy and the fact that he seemed to like the look of Maddy was even better. She was the only one out … Continue reading Moz Part 2