Baby Susar

Australian army nurses, Lieutenant Janice Bers had been sent to northern Sumatra as part of the multi-national peace-keeping force. Amongst the devastation, Lieutenant Bers will be challenged by one small baby, who they call "Susar" or stray in Indonesian.

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Convoy Escort   

Corporal John Balas is a crew commander of an M-113 tracked APC (Armoured Personal Carriers) escorting a supply convoy.  He is covered in dust and sweating under his ballistic vest and Kevlar crew helmet.  It is only a short time after dawn and already hot. It is about to get hotter!   

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Ghost-Child

David is a ‘Management Consultant’ and some time professional sceptic. That is, he investigate all manner of charlatans and crooks. But he tells a tale of the one case that got him wondering. 

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Petrakov’s Paradox

Given the sheer length of all-time, and the infinite number of sentient beings that will exist, surely, if Time-travel is possible, shouldn’t we have bumped into some eccentric historian from the future. Or some megalomaniac plotting against their foes’ grandparent. Or even a temporal-tourist in out of fashion garb with incorrect change for the Underground?  

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"Buon giorno Principessa"

David dialed the phone number; he knew it by heart. He felt apprehensive. It rang once, twice ...

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Top-Hatted invasion!

It s the dark years of World War 2. New Zealand's Prime Minister faces two Japanese diplomates.  He could not bring himself to extend his hand; although, they looked more absurd then ominous in their dark morning suit, tails and top-hats.

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Jubilee Lane

The battle took place on a stretch of unmade road south of the Ouyen Highway ... A small group of soldiers had been ordered to conduct a delaying action, so their own forces’ armoured vehicles could safely re-fuel. 

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Red Ebb

Colonel Petrakov scanned the banks of video screens, which showed images of large dark painted missiles inside their silos. Numbers scrolled across the screens depicted each missile’s readiness. 

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Plan 1805

Napoleon made plans to invade Australia in 1805 - What would have happened had Nelson commanded at Trafalgar and not Collingwood.

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Java Flu

21 FEBRUARY 2047:WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) officials reported that there have been over 50,000 influenza related deaths in Jakarta ... WHO has recommended that a quarantine be enacted around the entire island of Java.

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Conjuncture

Who would have thought First Contact would be so mundane,’ said Yosuf.

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Trilobite’s vision

Trilobite propelled herself through the murky water by undulating her flat cup shaped body. She gulped at floating algal. “Food, food,” signalled her minuscule brain.

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Last Visit

“Teagan is steadily deteriorating,” said the social worker.  David nodded as he kept pace.

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