RE-DISCOVERING ALLAN CUNNINGHAM
Botanist, died Sydney Australia 1839
Darkened by shade, slime at the edges, the pond is not appealing to look at. The water is clear, she can see the bottom, but it's black with sludge. Amongst the sludge slides a menacing shape, an eel blending into its environment. The obelisk, decaying sandstone, moss growing at the edges, sits like a neglected piece of the past in the centre of the pond . . . Curiosity has stirred. . . Is there more to the story? . . . more
Genre : Non-Fiction - Short Piece of Creative Prose
Author : Diane Challenor

FIGHT OR FLIGHT
"I'm the guy who tore the toilet door of its hinges last week". The bookkeeper looked up slowly from her invoices that were strewn across her desk. His voice reminded her of Lurch the butler in The Adams Family TV program, deep and throaty. Adrenaline rushed through her body producing that primitive fight or flight reaction in an instant.". . . more
Genre : Flash Fiction
Author : Diane Challenor

A BOOK LEAPT OFF THE LIBRARY SHELF
I skimmed the first page of the first chapter, as is my habit when choosing a book. Three amusing sentences bounced off the page. The first sentence that got me, is as follows, " It was in many ways purely an accident that it happened at all." The next was, "I have many heroes … mostly drawn from the world of children’s literature . . . the White Queen who made it her daily habit to believe six impossible things before breakfast . . . Dr Dolittle who sailed away in a ship with his monkey and his parrot, his pig and his duck, and bumped into Africa." Hmmm, this looks good. . . . . more
Genre : Non-Fiction - Short Piece of Creative Prose
Author : Diane Challenor

PODCASTS GIVE WAGE SLAVES
THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM OF KNOWLEDGE
Great day, feeling good, spring in the step. Door closed behind me and I step out into a beautiful day to begin my daily walk. Earphones planted firmly in my ears, I hit the "play" button. The dulcet tones of the radio announcer says . . .this is a download from the BBC . .. more
Genre : Non-Fiction - Magazine Article
Author : Diane Challenor

FLIGHT OF FANTASY
Close your eyes. Let your imagination soar. What do you see? It's twilight and we're flying over the Hawkesbury River just like Peter Pan gliding like a gull through the evening sky . . . more
Genre : Flash Fiction
Author : Diane Challenor