from the short story collection The Everlasting and Other Stories by Lewis Woolston, published May 2025
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I once drank metho for so long I had a fit, shat blood and nearly died and it was less painful than listening to that bullshit. from Viva Adelaide!
Life was a pilgrimage to joy, she was certain of this, at least she wanted to be certain of this. from Sunday Mass in Smoky Bay
Perhaps he simply weighed up the benefits of being clean and found them wanting. from Kevin Bradfield’s Legacy
If I had to grow up in Whyalla I’d be angry at the world too, she thought. from As Far as Cultana
From warriors to wage slaves, the decline of Western Civilization in a nutshell. from Career Advice from an Old Sailor
I thought my status as an Afghanistan veteran mattered. Did it fuck. from Viva Adelaide!
They had adsorbed that fundamentalist mentality which teaches that life is a trial to be endured on behalf of a stern but loving God and one pleases this God most by cutting all joy, fun and laughter out of life. from The Only Teacher Who Ever Reached Me
I was happy with my life, something I never would have predicted when I was younger. from The Everlasting
“You’re a bit weird sometimes, Uncle Jack.” from Brothers, Cousins and Nieces
Why would anything good happen? This is Adelaide! from Viva Adelaide!
It was one of his often repeated phrases whenever he seemed to be living good or scoring one off the system. “Gawd bless the Australian Taxpayer,” he’d say, as if they’d personally handed him a big cheque or a cold beer. from You’ll Always Remember Fremantle
Charles had felt the end of his working life like a man losing a limb. Turned out there wasn’t much to him once you took away the getting up and going to the office every day. from Sunday Mass in Smoky Bay
“You say that like it’s a prison sentence, “Modbury”, just a lump of a word. Surely, it’s not that bad, is it?” from Viva Adelaide!
“I don’t think you read music magazines, I think you study them, I think you dream of the day you get interviewed by one of them.” from The Only Teacher Who Ever Reached Me
I remember the despair at being forced to waste my youth on ancient Biblical nonsense. from The Everlasting
He despised the managers who thought they’d achieved something by climbing up one rung on the ladder. from Night Shift Laughs
Clarky thinks of this often. He wishes he could get a time machine and go back to talk to his younger self. from Over Pebbles and Sand
“The media will have moved on in a week or so, you know how fickle the public are. Some footballer will be caught doing coke off a hooker’s arse next and nobody will remember I did anything.” from The Country Electorate
Got to watch them dopamines. from Viva Adelaide!
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