Short Stories
A ten-minute time investment to laugh at ourselves - or shudder at our futures.
The Australian Diversity Sausage
“It’s not that I mind. Really. We all have a right to eat food that we can digest physically and ethically. Even the cat has grain-free biscuits. If we all ate tofu instead of Maccas, there would be a lot more rainforest left in South America and a lot less cow fart in the air.
“It’s just that it makes catering so much more complex. I’ve had to buy in two EpiPens just in case I accidentally poison someone with an ill-considered quiche.”
First Place winner -The Best of Times Short Story Competition July 2023
The Archibald Surprise
“You’ve pulled me over just on the suspicion I might have done something wrong?”
The officers looked at one another, slightly nonplussed.
“Well, of course, some aspects of policing haven’t changed,” Detective Braham said defensively. “The difference is that now it’s all based on science rather than just on racial and cultural profiling. Once we’ve stopped you, it’s just a matter of data analysis until we find something.”
First Place winner -The Best of Times Short Story Competition Dec 2023