Amyo's published ficlets
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It's Just A Bad Date
It’s a bad date when he turns up hungover and dressed like an English soccer hooligan. It’s a bad date when you pay for dinne…
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What's In The Woods
Tucked up in bed, Hannie couldn’t stop thinking about the woods. How it felt to be out there, alone in the dark.
She could …
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The Fear
“Nobody cares…” Hannie sniffed and wrapped her arms around herself. She wondered how long she could stay out here. Would th…
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The Secret
The screen door clacked shut behind her as Hannie huffed off into the yard. Mosquitoes hummed in the air, but Hannie was too …
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A Tale Of Two
They were cousins; their fathers were brothers. And while they swam in adjacent laps in the genetic swimming pool, Lauren and…
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Water World
Elliot stands on the deck, the icy wind whipping at his hair and lashing his shirt against his neck. His ears are pricked, wa…
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It's My Party And I'll Die If I Want To
‘80s songs were pumping on the stereo. Madonna. The Vapours. The Knack. Lily’s living room looked like a scene from Star Trek…
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Wanna Be In My Gang? (Twilight Challenge)
I knew that this was the stupidest, most reckless thing I had done yet. But it was too late now. The exam paper was inside …
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Who ya gonna call?
I manage to coax Callie back inside. She perches herself on a chair in the lounge room, her backpack still on – in case she n…
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Tea For Two
Corinne has chocolate brown hair she likes to hide behind. Her apartment is small and neat, no excess clutter, no framed phot…
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The Basement Reeks
It was a stench so strong, it made your eyes smart. Callie pressed the sleeve of her jumper against her nose and turned to me…
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Insane In The Brain
So. You can see, hypothetically speaking, how it might hurt a person’s feelings… spiritually eviscerate them, if you will…..
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We Are Family
We grew up – five girls and a boy – in a small, cluttered house. A family of cutting-corners and making-ends-meet and hand-me…
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Just A Girl
So here’s the thing about Jasmine: she’s impossibly beautiful. I’m not just talking “pretty”, or “cute” here. It’s like her m…
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Upended
I watch a lot of TV. I’ve seen Law & Order approximately one billion times, so I know a thing or two about interrogations. “I…
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Suspected
“We just want a few words.” The officer, stiff in his uniform, fiddles with a tape recorder. Fat fingers fumble, until he fin…
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Sasha's Story
I’m lucky to be alive. I couldn’t stop thinking it, the words swirled around and around inside my brain.
Gareth handed me …
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Total Eclipse Of The Heart
We’re up in Charlie’s room, amongst the mess of strewn clothes and magazines. I’ve just re-enacted my bus-stop session with D…
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Hurts Like A Hangover
It’s dark. Aggie opens her eyes to blackness and takes a deep breath. She rolls over and sees a body lying in the bed beside …
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The Royal Blues
Surprisingly, it’s not all costume balls and sparkling tiaras, being a princess. Nope. Life can be boring and sad and dull, j…
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