Helmut Bakaitis – MRQE

Lucky Country

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

1902….the Australian Federation is a year old. Twelve year-old Tom’s father, Nat, has dragged him and his sister, Sarah, to an isolated farm at the edge of the woods. But Nat’s dream of living off the land has died and he is losing his grip on sanity. When three ex-soldiers arrive at their cabin one night Tom, like his father, believes they are providence.

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.

Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A group of aliens plans to invade Australia as a means of taking over the Earth. In order to communicate with the people of Earth, they bring a statue of the long-dead Duke of Edinburgh to life.

Stork

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Stork is a gangly young man, a virgin with an overactive imagination who thinks hes a revolutionary. Bored with a design job at General Motors Holden in Melbourne, he drops out and moves into a share house with his mate Westy. He daydreams his way through life, bungling job interviews, upsetting respectable people, and getting drunk. The only girl in the house, Anna resists Storks advances, because shes already involved with the other two resident males, Tony and Clyde. But when she becomes pregnant and Clyde and Anna decide to marry, Stork, Tony, Clyde and Westy are shocked when they realize that either one of the foursome could be the father. Then the fun begins….