Kia ora
Welcome to Backyard tales – a blog dedicated to travel, through storytelling.
Here you’ll find short stories to transport you, just for a moment, without needing to leave your backyard.
I’m Julia – a New Zealander living in the United States, and I love exploring the endless possibilities of words, language and expression.
From the blog
Listen: Handle with care
I’ve been working to record my stories into an audio format – giving you another way to engage with my writing. In each episode, I…
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Flash fiction: Wishful thinking
Lisa loves the way Jack smells. Like sawdust and starched cotton that’s been out in the sun too long. Inhaling deeply she snuggles closer to…
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Flash Fiction: A fairy price
My parents might be lying to me. I don’t want to believe it but I have to find out for sure. Danielle Spencer had planted…
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