#3Sides2EveryStory is a locative literature project that tells three connected short stories experienced in the places where these three stories are set, and is presented using embossed label tape.
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Betty was fluent in Singlish and Subway. Ants swooned as she wove down footpaths. She was an expert at yawning and had one for boredom, another for tired, and one reserved for boys.
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Shortcuts to Coburg and a parking fine. Seong and his kohlrabis had been up since dawn and this was his last load. Between onions, potatoes and a crate of cabbages, he spared an eye to the yawning woman gliding along the footpath – pretty but pity “shes” weren’t his type.
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The number plate read XTORT. The licence read Jason. A flash of midriff caught Jason’s eye as he aimed the Lexus down the lane. He stared at the tribute to pre-cellulite and wondered if he could buy such an arse for his wife. The answer came in crushed polystyrene and cabbages rolling across the bonnet.