Neil Austin was born in Australia, of English parents. He entered the work force as a house painters apprentice, gaining a trade well suited to his roaming life. As an avid reader, he absorbed his grammar and writing craft by osmosis rather than formal education. In a lifetime of wandering, Neil has lived many lives,… Continue reading Author Bio.
“Fuck Halloween. Fucken yank wank.” Joan couldn’t tell if he was talking to himself or her. He was right there, maybe ten feet away, staring at nothing. “Kids knock on my fucken door, I’ll cut their fucken knuckles out.” Geezus. “Private conversation with myself your honour,” Dave put on a court room voice, “I wouldn’t… Continue reading HALLOWEEN DOWNUNDER
FIRE HAWK. Big John was a bad man, a killer. His killing ground was a vast portion of the Northern Territory, where he ran his cattle. There he shot kangaroos, feral pigs and dingoes but that was just the start of it. The kangaroos and pigs he fed to his dogs and station hands. The… Continue reading FIRE HAWK
BEN and NIYA. 6.30 am. The room faced east. The just risen sun streamed around the edge of the blinds, made floating stars of dust motes. Ben lay quiet, feeling the morning. Focussed and energised he rose, wrapped a sarong around his waist and slid back the big glass door to the balcony. A low… Continue reading BEN and NIYA
Why Blog? Since this is the first entry in my brand new blog, I’d like to say hello. As for ‘Why Blog?’ it’s because I like to write and I like people. Those qualities came together with Facebook where I discovered I have a unique voice (doesn’t everyone?) and I can tell a good story.… Continue reading Why Blog?
Pic – Watchers From The Dunes by Kelly Vivanco. BLUE DOG by Neil Austin.. Our story begins 5000 years ago as Niburu approaches Earth. It is still some months away, but it can be seen and its effects are being felt. Violent weather, earthquakes and eruptions are increasing in response to Niburu’s mass. The night… Continue reading BLUE DOG.
Pic: Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama, in the days before the Chinese takeover. The Lama sat in his tiny cell for a week, in darkness, waiting for his turn. Lacking sight, his hearing grew acute and he used it to build a virtual image of the cell block. There were 10 cells opening off a… Continue reading THE LAMA
On Earth, the canine connection with Sirius has been known for millennia. In the Americas alone, the names for Sirius include Wolf Star to the Pawnee, Dog Face to the Blackfoot and Moon Dog to the Inuit. Cultures around the world have similar names. For the Romans, Sirius was Little Dog, for the Chinese Celestial… Continue reading The Canines of Sirius and Earth.
We are a community, nestled in the Queensland rainforest. As a community we tend to the adage, ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ and today, I’m doing my bit. I’m taking the kids down to the river for the afternoon. We gathered at the amenities block after lunch. There were the B brahs,… Continue reading The Climb.
The War On Ice. Down here in Australia there’s some slick new anti-drugs ads on the tele. Thanks for the windfall taxpayer. (Signed – Ad Company Exec.) There’s the meth user that the nice folk at the hospital are trying to help and suddenly he goes berserk, bashing nurses and wrecking stuff. Then there’s the… Continue reading Addiction Versus The War On Drugs.