Australian characters

Gary H., not quite the real thing

by Kurt Ulmer

Gary H. had a lovely wife, a good business and everything looked fine. Then why make calls from a public phone, every weekday at 10.05 AM? He had a perfectly good telephone at home and an iphone as well. Gary,...

Chick Magnet

by Kurt Ulmer

Being a chick magnet is fine as long as it doesn't get you into trouble. Albert had some serious explaining to do as things went awry.

Rainbow Thief

by Kurt Ulmer

A short story about a boy who, when the colour violet in rainbows vanishes,searches and finds the thief who has stolen also indigo and blue.

First Bite

by Kurt Ulmer

Station Pier, Port Melbourne on a cold, wet early winter’s morning in 1962 is not a welcoming place. Meat pie! I must have a meat pie. And there was the sign: ‘Four ‘n Twenty’, the meat pie I must have....

Looking for Miss Allen

by Kurt Ulmer

English is not my first language so finding Miss Allen proved to be... well... difficult! Not my fault!

Diamond Jim

by Kurt Ulmer

He couldn't afford the genuine article. So he did the next best thing.

Power Surge

by Kurt Ulmer

No one in their right mind would pay that much to rent a house here. But someone did, not because she was out of her mind, but because she could not find accommodation anywhere. Then he moved in with her: a...

A Batch of Scones

by Kurt Ulmer

When a friend wants to borrow your oven of a Sunday morning to bake scones for his tea rooms, something’s up. More than anyone knew….

Martin Goes Floundering

by Kurt Ulmer

Martin goes floundering in Tasmania's Marion Bay. Pause and retreat. What could possibly go wrong? Pause and retreat. He has been there before and made TV news for all the wrong reasons... This is a light-hearted...