This story is dedicated to Mark Robinson for his determination as a young boy growing up in the 1980's to never stop giving up on his dreams despite all the setbacks to finally meet his idols after owning the famous radio station numberplates FM1019. As a young boy growing up in the 1980's on the Mornington Peninsula he lived with his parents and other siblings in a small house in Tootgarook. His Mum and Dad worked very hard to feed the family and bring home the bare essentials each week l...

Reuben is your archetypal nerd - life is nothing more than work and online computer chess games. He has no friends, least of all girlfriends. The daily grind for him involves analyzing body parts in the DA's office at the Chicago Cook County Morgue. When he unexpectedly discovers he has a most unusual psychic gift, his life takes a new, exciting and dangerous direction. The machinations of the DA's office and the criminal underworld they are dealing with will involve you in a tense journey...

"A way to live" is a black comedy about revenge when there's nothing more to lose**. "Where there's a Will"** is a film about a struggling country jazz band that receives a helping hand from long dead musicians. "The third player" tells the tale of an Australian country football team which discovers a novel way to improve their performance.

Anthology 2025 is a selection of written works, fiction and non-fiction, poetry, prose, short-stories, as presented to Bayside Writers' Group over the course of 2025. This work is meant as a footprint for the various writers who participated and is a fair representation of all the members of this group.

This is the author's memoir of her parents' life, based on letters, old photos, anecdotes, with an extra dollop of fictional interpretation. This is a journey taking us from pre-war England to present-day Australia. One parent in theatre and the other in music, made for turbulent times. The author speculates on how her parents' lives ultimately affect her own life choices.

This year's regular anthology of poetry from The Bayside Writers' Group. As, in the past, each edition is widely read by the general public as well as having extensive coverage on national radio programmes.

A Civil War is a history of the wartime Italian Resistance, recounted by a historian who took part in the struggle against Mussolini’s Fascist Republic. Since its publication in Italy, Claudio Pavone’s masterwork has become indispensable to anyone seeking to understand this period and its continuing importance for the nation’s identity.Pavone casts a sober eye on his protagonists’ ethical and ideological motivations. He uncovers a multilayered conflict, in which class anta...