When my best friend Zander called me for the third time this month claiming he had unlocked the secrets of universe, I believed him. The teasing and ridicule he received most days were not entirely unfounded, although no less miserable to witness. High schoolers are the spawn of the devil. Particularly wide-eyed, gullible and infinitely more intelligent guys like him. But ever the optimist that he...

It’s her fourth night in a row closing the bar and Dani is exhausted. By the time she gets home, she’s lucky to get five hours sleep before starting all over again. And that’s provided her reveller roommate doesn’t make the sound of a small tornado coming home from a night out. Same shit, different day. Between training for her swim team, classes, assignments, and working to pay tuition fees, rent...

The entire notion of online dating makes me want to vomit. People posting what they consider to be their most flattering images, listing hobbies they haven’t done since high school, all under the pretence of finding a significant other. It’s like a database of the world’s narcissists. And I’m one of them.

Alexis, 28 years old (5 years ago) - an adventurous (lazy), outgoing (I hate people) journa...

When the humans realized the severity of the climate crisis, and it was evident that it was becoming irreversible, they began planning for an alternative future. Sea levels rose so high it completely rearranged the map of the world. Water went from covering 70% of Earth to 94%, leaving little land mass for the rising human population. And thus, Tethys City was born.

Tethys City, aptly named afte...

PART 1

You know those days when it feels like the universe is against you and nothing you do seems to go smoothly. This trip was the epitome of that.

Not long after the bell dismissed them for the summer, two best friends, Freya and Margo, set off in Freya’s shiny new Toyota Corolla for a weekend in Yellowstone National Park. Neither of these adventurous young teenagers had ever taken such a t...

Dawn was still a ways out as I unceremoniously tumbled my suitcase down the staircase of my childhood home. Ralph, our jet black labrador, tangling under my feet for the very last time. My mum handed me a coffee to go and my dad dragged my luggage to the car, making his mandatory snarky comment about how much it weighed along the way.

Not a single word was spoken as we meandered the sleeping roa...

To be young and free is nirvana. Like the exhilaration of summiting a mountain, or the nostalgia that flows through you when listening to Coltrane. A moment isolated from space and time in which the only thing in existence is that one singular feeling. That’s how I felt the day I married you.

‘Reckless’ and ‘mistake’ were words frequently spoken later by those who didn’t understand, but not once...

I know you hate me, but I am here to protect you. Thousands of years of evolution has yet to render me obsolete. You may not be being chased by a tiger or struggling to find food, but like it or not my existence has a purpose. And yes, it is all about you. And whilst it may not be life or death, right now I am here to save you from a classroom of judgemental vultures. They’re obviously all going t...