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Submitted to Contest #325
Honeysuckle Heat The wind off the harbour bit into Claire’s face. Sharp and salty. The tang of rust and diesel from the tugboats hauling yet another coal ship into the port. The stacks of the steelworks pouring fallout into the air. A bitterly cold night, the dead of winter. Those icy fingers made it perfect for tonight’s work. Anyone who didn’t absolutely have to be out was tucked up in bed. And those that had to be avoided the harbour. It funnelled the ocean’s Antarctic breeze deep into Newcastle. Honeysuckle, the future playground vision....
Submitted to Contest #324
The Incoming Tide. Newcastle was cold that evening in late July. Andrew leant on a railing on the headland at Nobby’s lighthouse, cigarette dangling from his fingers. On one side the sea raged, pounding waves, not even the surfers would brave that break. The other, the Hunter River churned, a restless animal. Dark and indifferent. Swollen from the winter rains. Waves tossed the ferry around, threatening to pull it under. The sea fighting the river. The Antarctic winds whipped at Andrew, biting through his coat. He played with the tiny box in...
Submitted to Contest #292
Carrington. One of the oldest parts of Newcastle, itself one of the oldest cities in Australia, Carrington was always teeming with the comings and goings of the underclasses. The place the rich and wealthy never set foot. The place where the mighty cargo ships would dock, resupply, off-load and load up on all sorts of goods. Once wide streets for bullock trains had evolved into a maze of semi-permanent constructions housing all manner of cheap delights and depravity. An intricate web, designed and curated to ensnare the multitude of sailors ...
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