“The lions came out of their cages slowly, snarling and lashing their tails. They crouched, growling while the beaters and their dogs advanced to make them go forward to be hunted by the king. Continue reading
Archive for the Fiction Category
The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz
Posted in Fiction with tags Russel Hoban., The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz on February 18, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Charlie Bukowski’s Thought for the Day
Posted in Fiction, Observation, Reading, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Bukowski, writing on December 27, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
“The best part of a writer is on paper. The other part is usually nonsense.”
–Hollywood.
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James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ – the Warm-Up with Coach Rodney Hall.
Posted in Fiction, Reading, Real Men with tags Anna Karenina, Cubism, David Foster Wallace, James Joyce, Kant, Picasso, Schopenhauer, The Bloomsday Book, Ulysses, Venus in Furs, War and Peace on November 23, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Gotta love a man with an eye-patch.
J: I guess that’s what War and Peace is about. It’s about what happens when people are forced to cope with the force of history as it’s bearing down on them, which I guess is the way Tolstoy would have looked at it.
R: I’m so glad you liked War and Peace. I knew you would. When you were reading Anna Karenina, you were telling me ‘There couldn’t possibly be a better novel’. And then, there was. Continue reading
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Witchophiliac
Posted in Fiction, Writing with tags Bettina Liano, Dukes of Hazzard, glamour, JB Hi Fi, John Wayne, Levi's, Maleficent, Seven Dwarves, Sleeping Beauty, Walt Disney on January 30, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
When I was a little kid, my sisters and I had a baby-sitter after school. She wasn’t very interested in us; stuck pretty much to reading her romance novels. And to get the peace and quiet required to read, she’d plonk us down in front of a lot of Walt Disney films.
My favourite? Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent the witch queen reminded me of the women in the magazines my father kept hidden in his study. Brazen and powerful, they stared down the camera and into me with a mixture of desire and contempt. Continue reading
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Apprentice Debt Collector
Posted in Fiction with tags concrete pineapples, Debt collection on September 16, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Debt collection is a tricky business. And what people don’t realize (or aren’t willing to credit) is that it’s a legitimate trade. You don’t just walk into a person’s house and say, ‘give me the money’. When you go to collect, a million things can go wrong. Continue reading
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Close Personal Protection
Posted in Fiction with tags ambulance, AS baton, Beat It, body-guard, cockerspaniel, first aid, Glock, Michael Jackson, Stabbing, VL Commodore, Windsor knot on July 22, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
I like Mr. Gianarelli. He’s a nice guy, but anyone doing my job tonight would be nervous. Paul was late coming back from the armed cash delivery, which meant I’d have to start alone. Continue reading
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Published… At Last!
Posted in Fiction on June 26, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
I have been published alongside long-time associate and all-round literary heavyweight, Rodney Hall, in The Review of Australian Fiction.
To imbibe the fruits of our genius, go here:
http://reviewofaustralianfiction.com/
…thanks!
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Agatha Hates the Way She Looks
Posted in Fiction on June 10, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Agatha hates the way she looks. There’s the semblance of beauty, but it’s all come out wrong. Not like her mother. When her mother was young she was a flight attendant and a model as well. Apparently, she used to eat raw mince-meat to keep her weight down. Continue reading
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Police Brutality
Posted in Fiction on April 25, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle 
I don’t remember much about what happened, as far as ending up in a holding cell. The three of us lay there, wrapped in the darkness of pain and concussion for an unspecified amount of time. There was a sound that kept filtering through, light as the touch of a tap dripping on concrete. The sound of Knackers whimpering. His arm was snapped. Continue reading
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Shotgun Party
Posted in Fiction with tags Armed robbery squad, Mouthful of Stones, Rodney Hall, Victoria Police on December 28, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
Many of the episodes in Mouthful of Stones are ‘true’. However, this doesn’t mean that all of them overtook your humble narrator. This story belongs to a very good friend who had once been a member of the now-defunct armed robbery squad. After hearing it, I inserted a first-person narrator to make it fit the shape of my design. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 