non-fiction
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Take The Shot – Dylan Oliver
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Take The Shot [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Dylan Oliver [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”18936″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Time has a funny way of making everything seem so small when you look at… Read more.
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Amber Lights – Rory Hawkins
Amber Lights Rory Hawkins One of the women ran to my car door, her hands chapelled above her head to keep the rain away. Katie and I had passed the… Read more.
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AGORAPHOBIA – Cyndra Galea
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] AGORAPHOBIA [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Cyndra Galea [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9461″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]My hands were shaking, my pants long forgotten on my bedroom floor. The bright laptop screen stung… Read more.
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Paradoxes Don’t Live Long – Euri Glenn
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Paradoxes Don’t Live Long [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Euri Glenn [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9466″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]2021 I began writing when I was eleven, but only started writing lyrics when… Read more.
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I Am Gay and I Am Queer – Keeley Young
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] I Am Gay and I Am Queer [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Keeley Young [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9417″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] [As a gay cis man, I cannot speak on behalf… Read more.
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Good Enough to Eat – Keeley Young
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Good Enough to Eat [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Keeley Young [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9303″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] I’ve been a bit of an insufferable theatre kid lately. I rewatch episodes… Read more.
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The Creature Beneath the House – Ella Witney
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Creature Beneath the House [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Ella Witney [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9180″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] An old Queenslander stood on the corner of Skew Street. The house… Read more.
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Discovered in 2000, by Two Loving Parents – Keeley Young
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Discovered in 2000, by Two Loving Parents [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Keeley Young [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9089″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] I would’ve been the kid that fawned over dinosaurs. I… Read more.
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Drifting – Lilian Martin
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Drifting [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Lilian Martin [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8776″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Once, when we were tweens, I asked E how we had met because I could not remember.… Read more.
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Micracosm – Rory Hawkins
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Micracosm [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Rory Hawkins [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8606″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Joseph gasped. ‘A Nissan Micra. A white Nissan Micra. Oh my god, you have no idea how… Read more.
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My Ray of Sunshine / My Side of the Couch – Bea Warren and Ray Fern
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] My Ray of Sunshine / My Side of the Couch [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Bea Warren and Ray Fern [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8612″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Ray of Sunshine So, I… Read more.
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Beach Haters Please Read – Kyrah Honner
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Beach Haters Please Read [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Kyrah Honner [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8555″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Living on a land girt by sea, there’s only one beach I would call… Read more.
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Bridging the Faiths – Lachlan Gaul
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bridging the Faiths [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Lachlan Gaul [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8466″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]All my life, I have believed that there is a higher power. I was born… Read more.
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When Plans Change – Rebekah Pouw
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] When Plans Change [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Rebekah Pouw [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8336″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Politics, the weather, or a potential conflict – watching the news has never really been… Read more.
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Paradigm of Uncanny – Kyrah Honner
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Paradigm of Uncanny [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Kyrah Honner [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8182″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The way that our bodies respond to the uncanny is interesting, to say the least.… Read more.
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The Weak – Samuel Maguire
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Weak [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Samuel Maguire Content Warning: Drug addiction and mental illness [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7675″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I’m addicted to caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, olanzapine and… Read more.
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Broken Hearts Anonymous #5
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Broken Hearts Anonymous #5 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Anonymous Content Warning; Mentions of self-harm, suicide, and alcohol abuse [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7174″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This is a column about abstinence… Read more.
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Broken Hearts Anonymous #4
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Broken Hearts Anonymous #4 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Anonymous [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”7174″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This is a weekly column about abstinence based twelve step recovery, finding small moments of… Read more.
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Broken Hearts Anonymous #3
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Broken Hearts Anonymous #3 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Anonymous Trigger Warning; Alcohol Abuse and Suicidal Ideation [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5732″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This is a weekly column about abstinence based… Read more.
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Can You Really be a Hippie in the City? – Madeleine Litchfield
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Can You Really be a Hippie in the City? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Madeleine Litchfield [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”6148″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Before I moved out of home, I forced my… Read more.
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A Shift in the Life of a Retail Worker – Millicent Van Der Walt
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Shift in the Life of a Retail Worker [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Millicent Van Der Walt [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5736″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]My feet are aching standing here in… Read more.
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Broken Hearts Anonymous #2
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Broken Hearts Anonymous #2 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Anonymous [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5732″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This is a weekly column about abstinence based twelve step recovery, finding small moments of… Read more.
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Broken Hearts Anonymous #1
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Broken Hearts Anonymous #1 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Anonymous [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5597″ img_size=”800×800″ alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This is a weekly column about abstinence based twelve step recovery, finding small moments of… Read more.
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The Thinnest Dart I’ve Ever Seen — Spencer Moreau
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Thinnest Dart I’ve Ever Seen [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Spencer Moreau @spencer_moreau_ [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5361″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Trigger warning: this memoir contains depictions of domestic and family violence… Read more.
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Hysterical, Hormonal, Hypochondriac: My Experiences with Medical Gaslighting as an Endometriosis Sufferer — Sofia Daily
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hysterical, Hormonal, Hypochondriac: My Experiences with Medical Gaslighting as an Endometriosis Sufferer [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Sofia Daily [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5339″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Attempting to manage an incurable chronic… Read more.
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Conversations with Friends and the Nature of Perspective — Chelsea Ryan
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Conversations with Friends and the Nature of Perspective [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Chelsea Ryan @chelseaaryann_ [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5192″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] As I grow older, and the years fold… Read more.
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I Still Think About Him – Jackson Machado-Nunes
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] I Still Think About Him [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jackson Machado-Nunes @deku.of.dune [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5046″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Being young makes you afraid of things. It makes you fear things… Read more.
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Double Dally – Samuel Maguire
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Double Dally [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Samuel Maguire skydekkerix.com [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4817″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I think where you’re from is less important than where you end up. I’m from… Read more.
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I am the Sanest Person I Know – Rory Hawkins
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] I Am The Sanest Person I Know [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Rory Hawkins @rory_writes_sometimes [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4796″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I had only fifteen minutes to do something that wasn’t… Read more.
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The Joy of Rebuilding Lego Incorrectly — Duncan Butcher
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Joy of Rebuilding Lego Incorrectly [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Duncan Butcher [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4777″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]During lockdown, we all had to find ways to pass the time.… Read more.
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Trial by Fireball – Oliver North
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Trial by Fireball [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Oliver North [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”3474″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I told Kenny that tonight was too special to spend crushed in a crowd. Though… Read more.
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Under the Tuscan Sun – George C
[vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Under the Tuscan Sun [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] George C Content warning for swearing. [/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”2945″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_separator color=”white”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row thb_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]What does any self-respecting person do when their birthday is… Read more.
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Wrestling with Her – Tom Loudon
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The Distancing Effect – Jack Bell
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