Paul Harman writes short stories. This one will be published in his forthcoming collection – but you get to read it now. Was it a good idea to invite a group of (aged) mates to commit to a season of Futsal?
Almanac Short Stories: Carlton dreaming, and Mediterranean Connections
Allan Barden utilises his story telling licence to tell two stories based on actual events with Carlton and the Mediterranean in their mix.
Almanac Sporting Science Fiction: Millimetre Bob and the Royboys
In this short story, Paul Harman combines sci-fi, footy history and inner-city Melbourne life.
Almanac Short Stories: Spymaster Tiger
John Green turns his hand to the short story genre: So why does a so-called ‘spymaster’ go to the footy on his own? It’s something I’ve done for years. I’m a Richmond member but have never taken out a reserved seat. I like to sit in different places at home [Read more]
Almanac Short Fiction: Floundering
A passage from Kevin Densley on a boy, a fish and the ripples of their brief and frenzied interaction.
Almanac Short Story: The Dead Pocket
Make yourself a cuppa or crack open a beer and sit down to enjoy this fine short story about a footy club and a coach and a past and a present, by Murray Walding.
Kids’ Footy Stories
Some news from Old Dog and family who are still Up North, including a new project which has him writing and illustrating 365 kids’ stories in 365 days. [Remarkable – ed]
Almanac Short Story: Moral Dilemma
Barry Mitchell tells a story of that final meeting of coach and player.
The Ringo Kid
Greetings Tipsters Found a pamphlet I wrote, season review ’97. Geez, I’ve been doing this for awhile. Interviewed Troy Luff in the Swans rooms, Feb that year. He was a regular bloke, on talking to oppo players during the game, “Sometimes you might say there’s a good looking girl in the crowd but mostly it’s [Read more]
Short Story: The little Big League
Barry Mitchell describes a Little League experience from the perspective of the smallest of the players.
Almanac Short Story: Pre-season Blues
Barry Mitchell’s short story invites some questions on player-coach relationships. Where are your sympathies in this one? or do we need to know more?
Almanac Short Story: Disservice with a smile
Barry Mitchell captures a modern phenomenon – and one that happens all too often.
Almanac Music – Sticky Fingers’: Caress your soul – passion, adolescence, Australia
Sean waxes lyrical about teens and bands in this piece, set in the wee small hours of the morning in a garage in suburban Sydney.
Almanac Short Story: Retribution
When bad boy Boofa Grimes dishes out some treatment to his young opponent, a plan is hatched. Another story from Barry Mitchell.
Short Story: You can’t buy that (introducing Barry Mitchell).
Not every day a 200 game VFL/AFL player bobs up as a writer. Barry Mitchell makes his debut for the Almanac with this short story.
The Coach
It seems like footy is all the rage in Heaven. St Peter is coach. It’s team meeting time and the saints are having a good hard look at themselves. Anne Chomiak makes her Almanac debut with this amusing short story.
Almanac Fiction: Thunderballers
Rob Bath has dusted off a short story that was already dated when first published in the 1980s, being set some 20 years earlier. Anybody remember the extreme sport known as Pigeon Toe?
Almanac Fiction – Daz Cooper Chapter 5: Hip and shoulder
E.regnans is back with the next chapter of his Daz Cooper series. The cricket flag has been won and we are into footy pre-season. But is there trouble in the Cooper household?
Almanac Fiction – Daz Cooper Chapter 4: Cricket training, dreaming
It’s Chapter 4. Daz Cooper has a lot on his mind. There’s an Under 16 cricket semi final, a maths test, a party… so much noise.
Masters of their Universe
A great tale of the Brunswick Mudlarks by Andrew Leonedas
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