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    Missing Last Words

    By Anne Skyvington|Published On: August 30, 2025|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on Missing Last Words|

    Author's Note: This piece is loosely based on my husband’s childhood spent in Bondi, imagining him as a man trying to make up for past struggles, after having lost his [...]

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    A CURVED HORIZON

    By Anne Skyvington|Published On: July 25, 2025|Categories: Creative Non Fiction, Memoir, Short Stories|0 Comments on A CURVED HORIZON|

    Cosmic Shifts as I Age Author's Note: This is a Memoir piece written in the First Person. This style of writing was made famous by Truman Capote's true crime novel, [...]

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    Shifting Horizons

    By Anne Skyvington|Published On: June 30, 2025|Categories: Mysticism, Short Stories|1 Comment on Shifting Horizons|

    It was autumn in Sydney, her favourite season when the blue was at its bluest and wrapped the sky in a shiny package like a Christmas present waiting under [...]

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    A rose by any other name…

    By Anne Skyvington|Published On: May 2, 2025|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on A rose by any other name…|

    This is a story about a mysterious German immigrant to Australia, who almost certainly had Semitic ancestors. I have always felt a strong pull towards the Jewish persona, and I [...]

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    Missing Last Words

    By annestg|Published On: December 28, 2023|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on Missing Last Words|

    This piece is loosely based on my husband’s life, as a child spent in the Sydney suburb of Bondi, and as a man trying to make up for past lacunae. [...]

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    Fear of Flying in Planes and How to Cure Your Fear

    By annestg|Published On: October 17, 2023|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on Fear of Flying in Planes and How to Cure Your Fear|

    My Story I've always been afraid of things. Psychologists in this country use cognitive behaviour techniques (CBT) on people like me.  This involves teaching you how to change thoughts, to [...]

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    A First Day in Paris

    By annestg|Published On: October 17, 2023|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on A First Day in Paris|

    This is a short story expressing contrasts between two cultures and the beauty and awe associated with the new one.

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  • This Happened at the Yoga Pool

    By annestg|Published On: September 13, 2023|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on This Happened at the Yoga Pool|

    Jeannie is one of these inch worm types. One toe in, one toe back. The cold has always been alien. From birth, really. Even today, she shivers with the water [...]

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    Last Words

    By annestg|Published On: January 1, 2023|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on Last Words|

    A short story based on a life well-lived This piece is loosely based on my husband’s life, as a child spent in the Sydney suburb of Bondi, and as a [...]

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    Carl and Emma Jung

    By annestg|Published On: February 10, 2022|Categories: Short Stories|0 Comments on Carl and Emma Jung|

    A story of eternal love Dearest, I was telling our grandson, Andreas, just the other day, how he possesses the feeling function more strongly than I. He had just espied, [...]

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