Tag Archives: Doug Jacquier

DOUG JACQUIER: Indications

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It began with her putting the kettle in the fridge and calling everybody “darling.” When she bought a white sports convertible and went shopping in her underwear, her daughters put her away. In her garage, they found her collection: No Stopping. No U-turn. Steep Descent. All the signs were there.

Doug Jacquier writes from the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. His work has been published in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and India. He blogs at Six Crooked Highways.

DOUG JACQUIER: Out Here

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Harry was fixing a snapped axle on a mail truck in a dry creek bed. Thought he heard an oncoming train.

Out here? Nah, you’d have to be a mental case. Just hearing things.

He was still thinking that when the flash flood carried him and the mail miles downstream.

Doug Jacquier’s poems and stories have been published in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and India. He blogs at Six Crooked Highways.