All That Glitters tells the story of two women whose lives have become intertwined. One has a father who is a murderer and the other has survived an upbringing by two drug addict parents. Thei wiomen's paths cross and they become a support for each other until a certain threatening incident unravels their friendship, leaving them both with less clarity.

A Sunburnt Tongue looks at the rare instances of people waking up post surgery and speaking entirely different languages to their native tongue. It looks at talking in unfamiliar accents following brain trauma and looks at exanples of talking in childhood in foreign, unexpected accents, It also looks at cases of talking in tongues in Christian settings, sleep talking and family members speaking their own made up languages,

Under A Cloud tells the story of a young woman from Reading, England who is stuck indefinitely in a south eastern Melbourne suburb thanks to the Covid Pandemic Lockdowns. She is alone, adrift, afloat with little motivation and no job or partner to return to in England...But through her love of clouds she becomes part of a global network of Cloudies who post their fabulous cloud photos in almost compulsive daily rituals. Madeline becomes hooked by this new way of experiencing this world - t...

Melody's Radar tells the story of a downtrodden single mother who is sick of being pushed around and takes matters into her own hands. She tries to set a good example for her five year old daughter Amelia but the trouble is that Melody doesn't know when to stop. Her intensity becomes scary for anyone who is on her radar but her lack of personal understanding means she doesn't fully grasp the affect she is having, sometimes causing menacing ripples.

The author is in court with a murderer, she is invited to drink tea from a urine filled pot, she covers theatre and cinema reviews as a London reporter, she works amid opulent carpets and heavy old typewriters with former criminals below in the printing works. She rides a Honda 90 motor bike across the Engiish fens on her way to cover stories in March, birthplace of the fabled March hare, She writes stories about a drunken turnip planter, a man named Jack Spratt, another man who didn't tra...

Ask The Agent is an amusing look at some aspects of selling a house including when the wrong house is put up for sale,, when the back of a bus is one way to see a dream home, when a kitchen leaks badly before an Open For Inspection and when a young couple render their house with mud, poo and glue.

House of String takes an autobiographical look at childhood before television, Internet and Smart phones. It describes inventive games such as billycart escapades, creating a backyard circus and covering bedrooms in a network of elasticised string. It embraces the sense of freedom where nobody looked at the clock during weekends other than to return home from the parks and streets in time for lunch and dinner. It is told in a humourous style with particular references to life in Heidelberg...

Floating tells the story of lying in a float tank in zero gravity with no sounds and nothing but darkness and the highly creative potential of this weightless, silky environment It looks at how and why the float tank was invented and some of its current uses including inspiration for actors, musicians and sports people as well as those seeking deep mediation or enhanced learning. It looks at usage by the military for accelerated language learning and also for psychological and physiologica...

Luis Armstrong's trumpet is buried undeground, so is a blackened fingernail from a Hiroshima survivor. And who would think that one of Cher's dresses would be buried as well as a script for Gone With The Wind. And then there are the items deliberately sent into space as well as accidental burials and sunken ships. All these and more are described in this Time Capsule journey, aided by atmospheric music and sound effects.

The author has a bad bout of insomnia and tries all sorts of ways to overcome it through a varying list of remedies. She knows that kangaroos are grazing on dewy grass just over the road and that she has a blanket of brilliant stars above her house but these comforting images do nothing to take her into sleepy oblivion. In this humourous account she recalls her miserable journey.

Just A Broom looks at the humble sweeping device which has cleaned homes, hearths, temples, streets and bare earth for centuries. It has been used to celebrate unofficial and official weddings, to bless new homes or bring good luck but it has also been used in allegations of witchcraft with even a man of the cloth hundreds of years ago being accused of sorcery and riding a broomstick. Although he confessed, he was sentenced to a life in prison. The broom has symbolised liberation, and a cl...

It's Not Your Fault delves into what can only be described as communication nightmares as a patient of the medical system. This true accounts show how fragile the trust between medical practitioner and patient can be and how it can be psychologically compromised bringing about negative effects. For example the author was already half way through her first pregnancy when a well known and respected obstetrician/gynaecologist began treating her for infertility and the possibility of a dangero...