Ngendag, finding my lens cap by Colin Decosta, baliwaves resident writer Thanks to John Witzig for the edits I’ve lost my lens cap. How is that possible I think as I retrace my steps, I had it in my pocket? For the second time I walk to the empty warung at the edge of the ocean. Nothing. I walk over the little concrete bridge again and check the long grass near a bale I’d … [Read more...]
Leaving Bali – Without place (a short story)
Leaving Bali - Without place a short story by resident story teller Colin Decosta Leaving day, the last day in Bali always makes me feel like I’m going through a slow transformation; as the attributes of Bali are progressively stripped off me by the leaving process. 12 noon. I am now without room. Suddenly and cruelly evicted by a predetermined arbitrary date and time on … [Read more...]
“It’s the little differences” Vincent Vega – Pulp Fiction (story)
“It's the little differences. A lotta the same shit we got here, they got there, but there they're a little different” Vincent Vega – Pulp Fiction Staff The ramp expels you into the vast empty space that is the new Ngurah Rai terminal and the first and immediate difference is staff. They are here, there and everywhere, always uniformed smartly but no one seems actively … [Read more...]
“It’s the little differences” Vincent Vega / Pulp Fiction
“It's the little differences. A lotta the same shit we got here, they got there, but there they're a little different” Vincent Vega – Pulp Fiction Staff The ramp expels you into the vast empty space that is the new Ngurah Rai terminal and the first and immediate difference is staff. They are here, there and everywhere, always uniformed smartly but no one seems actively … [Read more...]
An afternoon with the Balinese – a short story by Colin Decosta
An afternoon with the Balinese - Instagram @colindecosta The Indonesian Consulate in Sydney is a non descriptive building in the eastern suburb of Maroubra. When I was a kid the building used to be squash courts and externally it retains almost the same facade with only a Garuda and an Indonesian flag revealing its new owners to any passer-by who cared to look. Looking in … [Read more...]
Under Volcanoes – a short story by Colin DeCosta
Under Volcanoes - Instagram @colindecosta A small boy sits cross legged on the grass among the other kids surrounded by the ancient worn volcanic remnants that are the Warrumbungle mountains deep in the Australian bush. He is transfixed as a movie screen flickers and blazes in the night with images of Iceland's Surtesy volcano. The boy watches as the volcano, like … [Read more...]
Welcome To Bali, (a short story by Colin Decosta)
Welcome to Bali. by Colin Decosta Through his earbuds he hears the constant of the engines and the occasional child. Time passes slowly. Lost in thought at 40,000 feet drifting between dreams of languid warm water waves and thoughts of perfect waves. The LCD screen in front counts hours, kilometers and temperatures to an 80's soundtrack. Darkness over … [Read more...]
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