Stories from the heart of Australia

Mishmash Mishaps

A Novel from Australia of Old

Genre: Dark Comedy (Larrikin Literature)

Rating: G (Fun for the whole family)

One ordinary Brisbane day in 1966 that turns into absolute mayhem. Meet Maggie Musthavacrap—part superhero, part whirlwind—juggling a screaming baby, torrential rain, a bewildering car crash, and a husband whose best intentions somehow make everything worse.
Outside, a Brisbane street erupts in chaos as rubberneckers, fire officers, and a runaway hospital gurney collide in a symphony of disaster. Inside the hospital, the staff race against the clock as a parade of eccentric characters turns every corner into fresh calamity. Tender, outrageous, and inspired by five true-life events.
Mishmash Mishaps celebrates human error, courage, and the offbeat humour that keeps life—and hospitals—gloriously alive.
Prepare to laugh, cringe, and cheer, sometimes all at once.

“The day everything went wrong… hilariously wrong.”

The Country Does Not Discriminate

A Novel of the Australian Outback

Genre: Outback Noir / Psychological Thriller

Rating: Strictly Adults Only (Contains mature themes and violence)

Blurb: In the parched heart of the Queensland outback, a monster is becoming part of the geology.

Liam O’Leary—known in hushed whispers as the “Outback Phantom”—is a predator who vanishes into the limestone fissures of the northern jump-ups as easily as he blends into the neon shadows of Brisbane.

When four city nurses venture into the Mitchell grass plains for a wilderness getaway, they think they are seeking peace. Instead, they walk into a trap.
Detectives Martin Hale and Elena Rossi are miles from their comfort zone, hunting a man whose “arithmetic of death” deletes anyone who gets in his way. In a land where the country remembers every drop of blood, justice isn’t found in a courtroom—it is written in the red dust.

To stop the Outback Phantom, modern law must step onto Sacred Land and allow an older, unyielding Lore to have its final say. “The Australian country does not discriminate—it welcomes all who come… and watches all who leave.”