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The Dealer

The Dealer

by | Apr 17, 2026 | S, Sean O’Leary, Short Story

Slow and easy, that was Edie’s mantra. They were in the Armadale Hotel, upstairs in the Band Room, in December of 1982. Paul Kelly and The Dots were playing. Jay and Edie stood there side by side. It was a warm night. There was no air con. The smell of sweat and beer...
Coming Home

Coming Home

by | Mar 28, 2024 | S, Sean O’Leary, Short Story

Ray Lujack was part of the parade for returned Vietnam soldiers in Melbourne in ‘72. He was walking in his uniform, the slouch hat on and his boots felt heavy on the hot asphalt on a thirty-plus day. Some young hippy girl with long, light brown hair and a severe...
This Life

This Life

by | Jan 22, 2021 | S, Sean O’Leary, Short Story

Anton sits in Kyle’s kitchen, thinking that he’s been doing this filthy shit work for ten years. Every time he gets the phone call he feels his stomach cramping, beads of sweat form on his forehead and an almost crippling anxiety takes over but he’s...
100% Humidity

100% Humidity

by | May 13, 2020 | S, Sean O’Leary, Short Story

My name is Daisy Watson. I’m a Yolngu Man. I’m also a private investigator. I got a call this morning from old Thommo. His son is missing. It hasn’t made the papers, yet. The bloody NT News. “Johnny’s missing,” Thommo says. “Missing? On the piss missing or gone,...
The Friends of Ricky Angel

The Friends of Ricky Angel

by | Nov 20, 2019 | S, Sean O’Leary, Short Story

Back in the 1980s, I worked for a firm that did pretty much everything: bobcat work, tree lopping, demolition, rubbish removal, deceased estates, cleaning your windows, brick paving, the works. The crew changed a lot, even in that short space of time, but Ricky Angel...