Behind his eyelids, he could still see them, and a hot wave of embarrassment flooded over him. His parents, standing on the platform of Perth Station, wreathed in smoke and steam, waving him goodbye as he set off for Adelaide to start his 4th year of Medical studies.

Donald scuttled into Alice’s office, with the anger and angles of a giant praying mantis.

When it was time for them to go and make their own way in the world.

These buildings wouldn’t have changed much since horses, camels, and gold-diggers strolled down the street

That’s very much my wife’s cat. She calls him Lpki.’

Sophie moves to the far side of the tent. ‘Girl, you’re being as pious as “George Pell”. No one will know. and I don’t want to be spotted from the road.