Literary Fiction
Date Published: February 7, 2026
relinquish. With the loss of his wife thirty years prior, which robbed him of
the family he dearly wanted, his constant muttering and imagined
conversations, exacerbate his delusions.
He now lives by the bay to placate her wishes, a place he resents. He hates
the beach. And people. And children. And dogs. But they keep coming in droves
to picnic in the reserve between him and the water. Alone on his verandah,
Charlie’s days are a bitter dance with his memories, fuelled by the
mysterious absence of his daughter.
Naomi, scarred by her father’s rages and the enigma of her
mother’s death as a young child, fled to find her own life. For twenty
years, a wall of silence has stood between them. As she cautiously re-enters
Charlie’s life, she unwittingly stirs a fragile ecosystem of grief,
fantasy, and long-buried secrets.
When Charlie finally relents, it shifts his perception of the life he has
always wished for. Can this fractured family find solace in their shared
sorrow, or will the ghosts of the past consume them both when the true source
of his grieving is exposed?
to his family around the fire at night; his grandfather told “Green Man
stories” to his kids; his father put on hilarious skits. This helps to
explain why Travis has spent decades working on his skills as a novelist.
Storytelling is in his blood.
Travis is an Australian Author based in Brisbane.
He has been writing stories for decades, with a total of nine novels
completed, with a ninth on the way. Six novels have been published so far on
this site.
And there is so much more to come.
He’s not done yet!
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