Crocodile Creek

This story is by Tim Nicol and was part of our 2017 Winter Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. My white Toyota shakes as it hits the last deep hole on the road from Waratah Station. A weathered sign with a spattering of bullet holes leans over the interface between…

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Please Come Home

This story is by Tim Nicol and was part of our 2017 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. The city had sprawled and then surged upwards. Now it crawled back over itself, inching up towards the light like the forests it had long ago replaced. Deep in its bowels,…

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Ambush

This story is by Tim Nicol and was part of our 2017 Summer Writing Contest. You can find all the Summer Writing Contest stories here. Admiral Peter Kane stood tall, straight, and silent on the darkened bridge of the flagship that bore his name. A dim light reflected off the smooth metal of the reconstructed…

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