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The Voyage Home

She had yellow eyes.

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Elle

My first big shoot organised by Click in 1983 was in St Barts.

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There are Rivers in the Sky

Later, when the storm has passed, everyone will talk about the destruction it left behind, though no one, not even the king himself, will remember that it all began with a single raindrop.

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Mary Christmas

'Blast and double blast!'

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The Bad Bridesmaid

‘Let me get this straight.’

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Scar Town

My eyes flick open to a blood-red sky, water lapping at my face, head split-aching, my mouth a cave of pain.

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Authentic

At school, I felt constantly uncomfortable in my skin.

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The Outside

The sand on the slope at Ehukai Beach Park appears honey-gold.

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The End Crowns All

I never asked for visions, I was one. In my future, I see myself regal and glorious, luminescent with the glow of my god.

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Apprentice to the Villain

It was an ordinary day for The Villain, aside from his body being on fire.

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Gabriel's Moon

Gabriel watched closely as his mother lit the night light beside his bed.

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Landlines extract

Water falls from the mountain with such force that it creates its own wind, driving noise and vapour upwards, until my clothes hang wet from the spray and I’m deafened by the cascading roar echoing back from the hillside.

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The Salt Path

There’s a sound to breaking waves when they’re close, a sound like nothing else.

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The Anxious Generation

When I talk with parents of adolescents, the conversation often turns to smartphones, social media, and video games.

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The Echoes

I do not believe in ghosts, which, since my death, has become something of a problem.

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The Creeper

‘Tom, are we lost?’

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Such Charming Liars

“Would the young lady like to see something with a pearl?”

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The Coven

In the 329 years since my making, I'd come to appreciate the finer things in life.

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The Book of Elsewhere

A room, full of violence to come.

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Breaking the Dark

Jessica turns onto her side and blinks into the darkness.

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The Bright Sword

Collum punched the other knight in the face with the pommel of his sword gripped in his gauntleted fist,

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The Wife's Secret

On most days of the year, Beacon Bay was a postcard-worthy little town.

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Two Sides to Every Murder

Gia North’s lungs ached as she tore through the trees.

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