The Fork In The Road

Adam Winter is a 90 year old man reflecting on the inexorable passage of time and relationships formed and fractured. He speculates about the choices made, for good or ill, particularly with his mother and step-father, and what happened during the Korean War.

The fork in the road examines a possible alternate path.

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Cover Art created by Mark...

Five diverse stories ranging across plot, time and place.

1. THE FORK IN THE ROAD - The titular story triggered by an incident when I was robbed at an ATM in 2007, it explores three possible outcomes. 2. THE NOXIOUS WEED - Jealousy drives a hard bargain when a man tries to frame his wife’s previous lover. 3. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA - Two vastly...

THE DRY LAND – Ellis Downs Station is located in Southwest Queensland near the Simpson Desert. The Ellis family are trying to cope with a drought and when Tom goes to Brisbane his Aboriginal wife, Narla and 16 year old son Jake carry on checking water holes and saving cattle where they can. When Narla fails to return home Jake sets out to search...

SOUTH OF DEPRESSION – NORTH OF ECSTASY. Emerson Rhodes forms a friendship with piano player Nina Davidson when he goes to a piano bar as a pleasant musical end to the week. When he becomes a paraplegic as a result of a car accident she is a light of hope in his dark days.

NIGHT OF PERIL – Fisherman Mark Winton has an unexpected boat trip when he...

WINNERS – Max Benjamin owns a fishing tackle and bait shop. During an argument his wife Elaine tells him she has photocopied both transaction books, the cash one and the one he gives to the accountant. Unless he does what she wants she will pass both books to the Tax Department. He storms out, going to the club, and that night when he wins Lotto...

PAST REGRETS AND FUTURE FEARS – Michael Braydon owns a furniture manufacturing company. When one of his customers goes into liquidation owing him over $100,000 he feels the bite and approaches the credit manager of his major supplier to arrange an extension of terms. Unexpectedly for both of them chemistry kicks in and they start an affair. The...

THE SAMARRA DEAL – Christopher Chamberlain is a world famous novelist who dies at the age of 98, but Death makes the "Samarra Deal" with him, whereby he can live on if he fulfils certain conditions. Will he be able to satisfy the requirements?

THE DRY LAND – 2018 – The story follows the Harvey family over several generations from when Jock,...