Pixie Dust

Bonnie is a child raised in a small town in New South Wales in the fifties with her five siblings. Her oldest brother Keith, returns to boarding school and her mother leaves without warning, taking the the two youngest, Zilla and Tippy, with her. Bonnie and her brother Ross learn to survive the new live-in partner and isolation with a spate of chemistry experiments and imaginative adolescent pranks. This results in severe punishment and greater reason to explore the realms of their magic. Adventures unfold around simpler times where the freedom of the bush and a bleak emotional upbringing join to create a bond between brother and sister that will take you on a comical and heart wrenching journey.

The chapters Fresh Milk and The Veggie Patch (abridged) were finalists in the Newcastle Herald Short Story Competition in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

Table of Contents:
•Difficult Encounter
•The Arrival
•House Music
•Cut Deep
•Abandoned
•Smoke & Mirrors
•Tracks
•The Crime
•The Tarzan Tree
•Holiday Hitch
•Stage Drama
•Not An Adventure
•Battle Lines
•Gymkhana
•Short Delay
•Easy On The Brake
•Pixie Dust
•Bush Picnic
•Fresh Milk & Bush Tucker
•Fire & Goats
•Bread
•The Veggie Patch
•Roughing It
•Pink Car, Green Socks
•Leave Of Absence
•Junk
•Classic Jaunt
•Moving On