24 September 2013
Coming Soon
A short story written by Sophie Constable.
This is a preview.
A short story written by Sophie Constable.
This is a preview.
Sophie Constable attended ‘Planting the Seed’, four writing
sessions held in the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. She wrote this short
story inspired by the rainforest section of the gardens. Sophie is a member of
the Northern Territory Writers Centre.
It’s 2056 and Darwin still
doesn’t have its promised hoverport…
It’s 2056 and Darwin still doesn’t have its promised
hoverport, I thought. Fancy having to transit from a seaplane to a 4WD.
The seaplane arced over the harbor basin before sinking
its belly into the waves. I took in the occasional wooden fishing prow, the
derelict apartment buildings above the cliffs as we taxied. Quite the change of
scene after the Singapore summit: yesterday I’d been cheering the new Pan-Asian
President and today… but you can’t ignore a prime directive from Director
Adachi. I grabbed my kit.
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