Archive - Andrew Whalan’s Writings

In our next life...

I knew that shade of red. And the face that followed : oval like a silvering moon. And even though I had yet to see them : her eyes : the same shade of…

Apr 15 •

March 2024

Airplane 3: Popped in Flight

It would end with a dull pop. Almost certainly followed by the staccato sound of five pops one after another. And that would be the end of me. Unless…

Mar 10 •

February 2024

Mr and Mrs Catface

Mary. Next time don’t ask for a Catface. Because that's what made John smile. At you. So, I asked him, “Catface for you too? And John’s little Laura…

Feb 8 •

"You don't know do you?" My new workmate Jocelyn had turned pale. I'd just told her about my weekend trip. I shook my head. "A tsunami alert has been…

Feb 7 •

January 2024

Living in an UnHaunted House

My year of restoration

Jan 16 •

Who will be tribute this Australia Day?

Let Our National Hunger Games Commence.

Jan 11 •

The Cat that got the Ice Cream

“They,” the cat delivery girl said. “Put. Her. Next. To. Two Crates of Ice Cream.” She was crying. And now Daddy looked sad. Then I thought that’s why…

Jan 5 •

December 2023

Day 1: The key fits. The door unlocks. I walk in. To a small one-bedroom cabin. Slightly musty. But meticulously clean. An IKEA sofa. A galley kitchen…

Dec 7, 2023 •

August 2023

The Light Click

We have to work together, I said. Whatever, she said. As she shrugged her shoulders. And rolled her eyes. Thanks for reading Andrew Whalan’s Writings…

Aug 7, 2023 •

July 2023

Men Managing Cats (Working from Home)

“The name has not been released.” That was me listening to my Dad, a journalist, informing a relative of the death of a loved one (also known as a…

Jul 23, 2023 •

When Customer Service meets Parenting

Jul 17, 2023 •

How to get an Instant Divorce

What I learned from Jess Hill : See what You Made Me Do.

Jul 9, 2023 •

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