2090. Retired millennial Olivia has fallen into a familiar routine. Gardening. Painting. Keeping the stray cat off the grass.Until Dotty, her new seven-year-old neighbour, starts fiddling with her pristine front lawn. Olivia must now choose between the memories of her past, or the promise of companionship.A funny story of female friendship spanning generations.
Cupid, a 35 year old scientist, is unlucky in love but successful in his career.When the CEO of a multinational perfume corporation asks him to develop an aphrodisiac using his trained mosquitoes, he jumps at the chance.At the same time, the woman he's been chatting with on an online dating app has finally agreed to meet up. But what Cupid doesn't know is that he's about to go from bitten to smitten.
A gentle introduction to sci-fi—speculative but with heart.In What Was Lost, a dingo disappears into the Australian outback, leaving behind a trail of questions. A time-travelling consultant sabotages his client's love life—thirty years earlier. And in One Last Adventure, two young friends stand at the edge of goodbye, daring to imagine what comes next.Quirky, heartfelt, and speculative in the softest of ways, Broad Shorts explores turning points that are strangely familiar. Each story experiments with endings—where futures remain hopeful, drama stays human, and wonder lingers long after the final page.