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Terence Hewton

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A JUDICIAL AWAKENING: A JUDGE BEGINS TO QUESTION HIS HUMANITY

Weekly Contest #348

The judge walked briskly into the courtroom and turned to face the court. The court personnel, prompted by his presence, rose in unison and bowed deferentially to His Honour. The proceedings then commenced. It was a criminal case and he was there to pass sentence on the young convicted felon who sat nervously in the dock. With crisp efficiency His Honour addressed the young man who had recently been found guilty by a jury. “Please stand up Mr. …“. He addressed the prisoner by his surname. He then proceeded to sentence him to a head sentence...

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Discovering the hidden significance of the Bloom

Weekly Contest #321

Another day at the beach for his usual seaside coffee at a well known Adelaide coffee shop. It was well into spring now after a bleak and miserable winter. In past years he had especially loved the seaside starting with onset of spring with its blue skies, sunshine, warmth, blossom, and the promise of glorious summer to come. It normally lifted his spirits tremendously. But this year the miserable winter had lingered on into the early spring dragging his spirits down with it. For some weeks now he had been finding it depressing, menacing - ...

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IT DIDN’T LOOK RIGHT

Weekly Contest #307

IT DIDN’T LOOK RIGHTHe’d been under surveillance for some time now. He was in their sights. He was up to no good. That much was clear. Lurking here. Skulking there. Bespectacled. Dandruff. Frequently sitting in coffee shops surrounded by books and papers. Always writing. Disheveled in appearance. Always with that tattered old brief case. And often near strategic locations. What they weren’t certain of was what, exactly, he was up to in behaving like this. But they had a pretty good idea. It was in the end his proximity to the strategic locat...

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LOVE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Weekly Contest #290

LOVE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM It had been a magnificent coupling in the early hours of the morning. A full moon was shining down on them as they cavorted, naked, on the sand dune to the sound of the waves gently lapping the shore. That was the only sound – that and the forlorn cry of a lone night bird as it flew overhead in the darkness. Their muted cries of ecstasy as they made love merged with the sights and sound of nature. Indeed, their passion was part of nature. As it had been since time immemorial in its pristine form. It was a scene of ...

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TWO SUMMER NIGHTS

Weekly Contest #288

Two summer nights     It was another stinking hot day. The tenth in what was clearly now a heat wave. Ten scorchers in a row. This time the South Australian summer was really striking with a vengeance. A haze blanketed Adelaide from a major bushfire on Kangaroo Island to the south of the city. `Under control' the evening news had said. Pig's arse, he thought.     The smell of wood smoke that came with the light south westerly somehow seemed to add atmosphere - a sense of things about to...

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A LAWYER'S REDEMPTION

Weekly Contest #282

A LAWYER’S REDEMPTIONA young lawyer was at risk of being late for court. It was a road traffic case – ‘causing death by dangerous driving’ – and the judge hearing the case was a stickler for punctuality. He was driving as quickly as he could within the speed limit to make sure he got to the court on time.His notes for his address to the court were open on the passenger seat beside him.He was a very junior practitioner in his law firm and as this appearance was ‘for mention’ only he was there to say that his firm had taken instructions and wa...

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