Tales from Three Corners
Episodes
The Old Bat
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Old Bat was a crack shot. There had been a murder of crows cawing up the back of the paddock for a few days now.The new shoots of grass had drawn ...
Steve the Chook
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An ice-cream container, filled to the brim with water had been gingerly and very carefully carried across from the tap to the new pen. Grubby hands ha...
Cold Swimming - Huon Writes 2
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A longer story, written for the anthology Huon Writes 2, available for purchase here. Produced by Postie, photo by the Franklin Frosties.
Garden Gnomes
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When the large semi-trailer tried to negotiate the bend at three corners, rather unsuccessfully after the work Christmas party, the entire town got a ...
Fearless
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Losing her house wasn’t the end of the world, she tried reminding herself. It was a silly phrase. Losing. She hadn’t lost it at all, it was right ...
The Keeper of Lost and Found Things
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Keeper of Lost and Found Things held secrets and heartbreaks. Poems and journals. There were collections of dummies, books lost in the rain, their...
A Beautiful Blue
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He was from the generation where you didn’t speak of loss, or grief. He was from a bygone era, and some days he felt the distance more than others. ...
The Long Weekend
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the day before a long weekend, the last day of school before the holidays, the blues skies held the promise of fevered anticipation. You see, there...
Auto Save
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The electricity cut out without warning and a scream left his mouth involuntarily as he raced to find card for the meter. Produced by our award winnin...
No Escape
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She had the dream, the dream they all did. The difference was, that she had the means to make that dream come true. She could just pack up and leave. ...
Escape
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He just wanted some peace at work. It was crowded with people seeking advancement, constant agenda driven behaviour, courtesy-less teamwork and it was...
Flying
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sneaking past the blue bike in the laundry was the hardest. Everything was crammed in so tight it was hard to manoeuvre. Produced by Postie, photo by ...
Memory Attic
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It smelt of dust, stale air and old memories. The sun light filtered through the window as the motes flew around the room in the wake of his footsteps...
The Big Bank Robbery
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mr MacGregor saw the unfolding of the Big Bank Robbery as he shuffled down the street. It was another hot day, the ground baked and the air dripped, a...
Time to Move
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every time he climbs the stairs, she sees that he looks in. Is it a reflex? Is it curiosity? Is it a little more sinister? The stairs run along her l...
Enforced Courtesy
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For six months he caught the bus in to work. In those six months only two people returned his greeting. Two. Apart from the bus drivers, who always sa...
Backyard Bard
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
He liked to think of himself as the Bard of the Backyard. The Shakespeare of the streets, the voice to the voiceless and the antidote to the dope of ...
Dust
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A longing. A longing for sea breezes and misty rain. For green, green grass all year round, for trees that stood tall and grew straight. No more red ...
The Flower Thief
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The offender sat quietly in her cell. She wasn’t a flight risk, the door was open, however it didn’t stop the disappointment of the police o...
A Stranger in the Valley
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She lived alone, and strangers in the valley made her nervous, especially strangers in her driveway... Produced by Postie, voiced by Anthea, Tony and ...
The Equaliser
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Swimming gave him the most incredible sense of freedom. He ploughed through the water, spinning, turning, loving, laughing. He moved smoothly, so sign...
Trolls Under the Bridge
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Her sisters said it only needed a tiny space to squash into. When it left that space it grew a hundred times bigger. They knew. They’d seen it. They...
The Clothesline
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stockings covered the old rusty hills hoist, a legion of legs, rotating in the soft earthy morning breeze. Hung up at dawn before the workers trouped ...
Doubting Tartan
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The little tartan shopping trolley had been brand new for four years. It had sat it the corner, collecting dust and detritus while adjusting to its ne...
Two Cups Full
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was a Queen Anne. A small tea cup with delicate violets painted on the bone china, with a gold rim on the handle and lip.... Produced by Postie
Writer's Block
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At first he thought it was an apparition…. Then a late night hallucination, brought on by too much work, stress and lack of sleep… But after the t...
Not a Minute Too Soon
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
She saw again the sun baked yard, the droop of the tree, the lowest branches caressing his hat as he slumped in slumber. The sunlight glinted off the...
Council Clean Up Day
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Council Clean-Up Day at Three Corners was a Street Shopper's delight; and Morrie, who lived on the outer rim of the town looked forward to it more tha...
The Librarian
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Soft. Smooth. A secret indulgence. Sensible - That's how they see her - Practical. No one would ever imagine that the trips to Sydney to see her bro...
The Garbo
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
His pride and joy was this garbage truck. Small and compact, he washed her every day after the job, cleaning and scouring just like the manual recomme...
His Dirty Little Secret
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone else dismissed her out of mind years ago. And because she was gone, holding on to that memory felt like a betrayal. Not quite though. Not en...
It Lived in the Shed
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the man grew older, he thought of it more often, hidden away; the nights of delight, the days of decadence and laughter... When the world held no s...
The Phone Number
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He sat still by the phone. Cream, cracked, it came from the old house with him to this tiny apartment. He'd insisted. He wanted his own phone, so he c...
Incy... Wincy... Spiders
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They cleared the webs. They hunted fearlessly for the elusive orb weaver... and they speculated, in hushed tones away from the car's owner, about the ...
The Busker
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He liked busking as people made their way to work. A melody or tune to make the morning less daunting. Most were wrapped up in their own world, their ...
A Garden Tryst
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It was a very small patch of sunlight that lingered in the cool of the evening. But it had been there a while; the stones flat surface was warm to the...
In Death...
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is no beauty in death, only absence... He'd read that once, in one of his English novels, and it captured the Business elegantly. Produced by P...
Rattle on Bones
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rattle on Bones was the dusty, sneezy, packed to the rafters, second-hand, antique, junk shop in Three Corners. Produced by Postie, photo by Burcu Ko...
Night Walkers
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At night she owned this road. No cars. No traffic. No other people. That's why she owned this time and this space. The freedom was absolute. Produced ...
Old Man
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
His medals sit dusty in an old box. He hid for them for years, then he polished and wore them proudly. Now he can't decide what to do with them, so he...
Cooking Books
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday he counted two hundred and thirty two cook books, but it's not an obsession. Of those two hundred and thirty two he has only actually cooked...
Naked Rooftops
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rooftops. That was the best part of this job. He could spend his entire lunch break just gazing out the window across the rooftops. Occasionally he'd ...
Marshmallows
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You could hear the giggles all the way up the valley. They snuck under doors, around verandahs, they floated up the small ridges and through the canop...
The Street Library
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The installation of a street library started a small war in Three Corners. Declarations were made, lines drawn, friendships that had spent a lifetime ...
The Bowlo
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Exotic in a traditional sense of course, the Club knew its demographic well. Tables sat on average eight, there were a few fours, a couple of tens, bu...
Romeo
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
He was a real romantic underneath all the bluster - Not that anyone would know! Produced by Postie. Photo by freestocks.org
Sweet
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first time she gets to choose whatever she wants from the Lolly Shop, all by herself. And when she does, it's a surprise to everyone! Produce...
The Coffee Thief
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A humble gathering of caffeine petitioners stood waiting, their orders given, a dance of beverage preparation seen at cafes the world over... Produce...
Happy
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There was such laughter in the eyes. In a face that would normally be described as small and pinched, with such expressive and delighted eyes, became ...
The IGA
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When the only way to escape the heat is in the cool of the Three Corners IGA Supermarket... Produced by Postie, voiced by Matt D & Jane U,
Her First Appearance
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was less than elegant. Remarkable, memorable even, but far from elegant. (Warning, the Naked Mayor makes a rather brief cameo, and no Beetles were ...
33 Kinds of Laughter
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What could be more delightful than the sound ... Produced by Postie. Photo by Marina Shatskih from Pexels
Guerrilla Gardening
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It started as a single flower in the barrenness, no one noticed how it got there, no one knew anything when the landlord went a little crazy about it....
The New Real Estate Agent
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Manicured and groomed, he unleashed the full force of his charisma on Three Corners... (Produced by Dazzler, photo by PhotoMIX Company)
Fish for Summer Shoes
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
And the story still floats about town of the man who screamed down the main road with a police escort, sending pedestrians flying, roaring his pain ou...
At Dawn
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Soft silky stockings in the morning breeze. (Produced by Postie)
The Flying Fox
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A hot summer brings out the home engineers. (Photo by Pixabay)