STORIES THAT STOP YOU IN YOUR TRACKS

We publish writing by course participants on a regular basis in the spirit of sharing life experiences with others. Each piece is original work by Life Righting Collective course participants – from the pen and from the heart. We want to showcase authentic voices that we hope will inspire you to write your own stories and buy our anthology, This is How It Is, as well as other books by our members. Scroll down to read our stories.

Please note: The views expressed in the Stories section of the Life Righting Collective website do not necessarily represent the views of the Life Righting Collective as an organisation. We support and encourage the expression of diverse opinions and differing points of view and invite stories about life writing. We will not publish writing that incites hatred or violence of any kind. Read our Disclaimer here.

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THE WASTELAND

A wasteland mourns in silence, her quiet grieving interrupted only by the busyness of chirping birds and the continuous sound of distant traffic. A sense of loss still haunts her […]

THE DISC

I am telling this story for the partners, the children and the parents of those whom the bureaucracy fails, on both sides of the counter. I am trying to replace […]

HOW WE TRY TO HELP

You can’t reach my sister’s door without getting wet.Scarlet plants along the path collect dew in droplets like blood –It’s a way of thwarting guests. Her son’s offer to prune […]

FALLING FROM STANDING

I should know by now that some of my dreams have been deeply significant in my life, but mostly I don’t even remember them, or forget to record even the […]

LAURELS & LUNA

LAURELS You saw me at full noon, Leaving the stadium Among the boys, Clear-eyed, breathless, laurelled A laugh rising from my lip. You did not see me at midnight Beside […]

A NIGHT AMONG THE DEAD

The sky is angry, the wind is mad, the blanket of dust spreads in the air, heavens are crashing down breaking loose the cords which maintain them in their foundation. […]

GREEN STREET GUNS

Christopher Robin and I decided to go to town. We had to buy revolvers and Christopher Robin knew where to get them. Although the place was only a mile or […]

PIZZA

My knowledge of food is quite limited. As a child we weren’t exposed to a wide variety of different kinds of food. My mother loved gardening and used to plant […]

GRAN

She takes my hand, sits me down outside the kitchen, on the step cool to the touch, cracked and painted red. Trees arch overhead; she is with me. Her old […]

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