Genetics is a weird thing, isn’t it? It will always amaze me how I can be born with totally perfect eyesight, but my little brother could have the worst eyes ever. To be honest, it took us a really long time to realise that my brother had something wrong with his eyes. I swear my …
My whole life I wanted to run a restaurant. In fact, my earliest memories are of my brothers and me pretending to cook and serve each other food. I come from an Italian background and grew up at my grandmother’s house. We called her ‘Nonna’. Nonna was always cooking and giving us new food to …
Right. Let’s just say that after the school holiday season I realised that I needed to shake things up in the house a bit. Why? Well, I’ll tell you why. My children were lazy. I had overlooked it for so long, but after noticing that my kids spent nearly fourteen days inside the house staring …
I started off as an online streamer twelve years ago. This is before everybody and their uncle had a podcast, or a channel, or some sort of commercial social media. I was among the early pioneers of comedic content online. I’d do sketches, analyse societal archetypes, do product reviews, and just general updates. The online …
‘Wait, how many plumbers did you say we needed?’ ‘None.’ ‘That can’t be right… can it?’ ‘Well,’ I frowned, glancing at my computer screen. ‘It says here that when you’re just changing the bath out, you don’t need a plumber.’ My wife looked doubtful. ‘Who do you need then?’ ‘Just a….’ I scrolled down …
Gideon had flinched when Lorenzo first entered the room. It wasn’t surprising, given the man’s disdain for tattoos and the fact that Lorenzo was absolutely covered in the things. The reaction almost made Lorenzo smile. He’d decided not to use the session for actual psychology, but instead to give Gideon a horrible time. He talked …
After a short trip to the hardware store to pick up some plumbing and/or electrical supplies – Mavis couldn’t be sure which, exactly – they got back in the car to continue their little journey. It had been a long day. At this point, Mavis was ready to go sleep for a week and hope …
Before Archie could walk away, Mav gave a small wave to capture his attention. “Hey, you ever seen anything like this? I can’t wrap my head around it.” The bulky man stepped closer and took a look at the job. “One hundred Elite Tokens? Gotta be a joke. Those kinds of jobs are usually reserved …
I come from quite a big family consisting of myself and four other siblings. Granted, my parents weren’t initially planning to have this many children. Myself and my eldest brother were around first. My parents then thought they’d try for a girl as my mum was tired of being the only female in the family …
‘I still don’t understand why we have to do this,’ Harold grumbled from the bathroom doorway, still clutching his uneaten lettuce sandwich. ‘Didn’t you have a fall in here?’ Charlie asked, brandishing a measuring tape and looking confused. ‘Like, a really bad?’ Harold narrowed his eyes. ‘Yes. Yes, now you mention it, I did.’ ‘Oh, …