Sproutings
David Wilson (E. regnans)Observations, fiction, sometimes poetry, based in Melbourne, Australia.
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Village folklore and the river stones of respect
This week at Sproutings HQ I entered a story in the Australian Writers’ Centre “flash fiction” exercise for June 2026. As is usual, story prompts dropped at 17:00 on the Friday, stories were to be submitted by 23:59 on the Sunday.
Here are...
On seeing King Stingray on the St Kilda foreshore in March 2026
- stranger n. 1 a person in a place or company etc. to which he or she does not belong; a person one does not know. 2 one who is unaccustomed to a certain experience or task (a stranger to poverty).
The Australian Oxford Paperback Dictiona...
Cartoon: Six free activities that require no data centres and no intergenerational wealth
and here they are below, one-by-one, for people whose screens are too small or whose eyes are too tired to allow them to easily decipher those above:
Go well, Swampy.
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AFL Round 11 – Collingwood v Waalitj Marawar: The silence between
This is my story of seeing Collingwood v West Coast in Sir Doug Nicholls Round of the Australian Football League. The record 433rd game of top level footy played by Collingwood great, Scott Pendlebury.
It was previously published here at...
A cartoon: Remember, neoliberalism is a scam
This screenshot came across my desk this week. The mark-ups are not mine. But it’s a pretty telling exchange between what I guess is an American (top) and a Dane (bottom).
“Just better at accounting.”
And somewhat better at stalling the m...
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Generally amazed. Finalist Tasmanian Writer’s Prize 2021. Favourite tree: Eucalyptus regnans. Melbourne, Australia. Here I write observations, fiction, poetry & sometimes about life with brain injury. No AI. Go well.
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