Crossing The Divide Short Story Series

He wants sex. She wants to drive his car…

At a Chinese restaurant in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Nina’s on her third date with Jamie and she’s having second thoughts. He’s an insufferable jerk who only wants to talk about himself, and if it weren’t for his European sports car she would never have gone out with him in the first place....

Be careful what you wish for…

For Evelyn and her three friends, the daily drive between their homes in Cromwell and their workplaces in Queenstown is a long and exhausting one, even at the best of times. In the middle of a high-country winter, the journey can be downright treacherous. With it her turn behind the wheel, Evelyn nurses her aging...

All he wants is an icy cold drink on a blazing hot day…

For Darryl, a young man with big dreams, surviving summer in Brisbane’s sweltering eastern suburbs isn’t proving to be simple. Following a night disturbed by the criminal antics of his troublesome neighbours, the only thing he wants is to drown his sorrows. But when his quest for booze goes...

When the mask breaks, what lies beneath?

For twenty-one-year-old Tracy Dodd, the stress and loneliness of parenting a toddler are matched only by the boredom. There’s not much to do in small town Cromwell, Central Otago, and when you’re living paycheck to paycheck, the options are even fewer. So when Tracy receives an unexpected call from fellow...

Sun, sky, and the world’s most gorgeous snowboarding instructor. What’s not to like?

When Kate Hensley’s husband Lawrence surprises her with the news that not only are they off to spend a child-free day at Coronet Peak, Queenstown’s premier ski resort, but he’s also arranged her first snowboarding lesson, she should be thrilled. So why does she...