A novella in 30 chapters
Stingaree Bay: Chapter 18
After the Gig
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4 min readMay 3, 2024
The recent rain had brought out a late flush of redeye cicadas. As dusk fell, the males redoubled their calling; revving up slowly to a vast, pulsating, hissing, rattling barrage of sound as they advertised for mates.
The big Baltic pine dining table was carried out to the courtyard to take advantage of…
