Religions across the planet called Earth have got it all wrong. There is no heaven, hell, nor even purgatory. People do not get reborn in a way that is understood. Each planet in the universe is merely a training ground, a stepping stone in a journey. All "juvenile" organic beings that exist on planets across the universe eventually die. When they do they become tiny spheroids, free to zoom across the vastness of space and time to continue developing their minds. Only a very small but very...

Retired police officer 'Sarge' Downs and his family and friends find themselves embroiled in a well-hidden corruption process that had skimmed millions over the years from the Queensland government. The discovery of this leads to murder, kidnapping and dealing with a group of desperate criminals as the noose tightens around the leaders. Far from, their quiet life in Cairns, the family calls on friends to help extricate them from the dangerous situation they have found themselves in. Sarge,...

Sergeant Downs, or Sarge as he preferred, was minding his own business in the Cairns police station in Far North Queensland, Australia, when a stranger entered his life. Blessed with a photographic memory and a doggedness of purpose, Sarge was finally able to place the person and answer why warning bells were sounding in the deep recesses of his mind. To quell that nagging annoying noise he embarked on a journey that would take him half way across Australia to the outback town of Coober Pe...

What happens when our physical form reaches its use-by-date? Is there a purpose to our existence? Do our memories live on after our body dies? Is there a heaven and can all creatures on all planets enter?As a Spheroid, I live on, but just as a tiny translucent object destined to continue searching the universe forever for answers to its mysteries and to life itself. Immortality sucks, but then so do black holes. What are they? Where do they lead? What lies in wait for the unwary dr...

Dominated by a federal government, in a three-tier system of government, Australian politics is based on a constitution written in the 1890's that is extremely difficult to change via referendums. It is a Westminster system of government that has two separate chambers that are dominated by two major parties whose ideologies differ and both the sides are very combative to the extent that agreement on issues except politician wage increase, are hard won battles. If one side thinks of an idea...

In late 2012 I bought an Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite in poor condition, rusty and in pieces. Most of its parts were there. Most of my brain cells weren't for then I spent lots of money, time and effort doing a ground up rebuild. In 2017 I finally got to drive it. This is a humorous look at what insanity follows restoring a sixty year old car. The different people you meet, the strange things that happen, the realisation that you have no skill and that this type of tiny car has an ego the s...

An elderly woman is slowly dying in hospital and her old neighbor and friend has returned to be by her bedside. She had been found as a child outside a bombed house in the streets of London during the Blitz in World War 2. Unable to speak and suddenly orphaned she was evacuated to Liverpool and then out to Australia where she was adopted by a farming couple in a small country town. She steadfastly refused to give up a crumpled photo she had carried with her. On the back was the word Gilly ...

Over the past number of years I have been writing parodies of songs to take the mickey out of how seriously Australians take their home grown sport of Australian rules football. Well known songs from the 50's, sixties, 70's and even the 80's have been the vehicle for my humorous take on what is akin to religion in Australia. I have also poked fun at some other sports in the process. Some over the years have been selected to play on radio as part of a Saturday sporting program. From the son...

Dominated by a federal government, in a three-tier system of government, Australian politics is based on a constitution written in the 1890's that is extremely difficult to change via referendums. It is a Westminster system of government that has two separate chambers that are dominated by two major parties whose ideologies differ and both the sides are very combative to the extent that agreement on issues except politician wage increase, are hard won battles. If one side thinks of an idea...

The Rhinogres are a mercenary army of creatures that are the cross between rhinoceroses and ogres. Hobgoblins are also members of the army. They live in mediaeval times and are based in the Caucasus Mountains in Eastern Europe. The Rhinogres in the army are not the brightest bunch and only two have any real intelligence and they are the leader and the second in command. Even the sorcerers who were supposed to be gifted were lacking in grey matter. They are accompanied by powerful beasts su...

Mary Evans was born in 1920 in Melbourne, Australia. Her father had come home from World War 1 suffering from shell shock and the loss of his leg. When she was only seven, her father finally died. She, her mother and younger brother, David who had an intellectual disability, were cast out onto the streets.By sheer chance Mary spots a pickpocket at the Queen Victoria Market and gives chase. The pickpocket is arrested. The owner of the stolen wallet is so grateful that he offers Mary'...

The year is 1937 and just after the first semester/Christmas break, a fight between two boarding final year law students in Balliol College, Oxford University has come to the attention of the master, and the head of law faculty at the college. It was reported by the porter and all the known qualities of one student seems to run counter the evidence of the other. One student remains uncommunicative. It is at a time when Britain is reeling from the sudden abdication of King Edward the VIII a...