In November 2024, I met with the Volunteer Coordinator for my local MP, Allegra Spender, who asked if I'd help with the 2025 Federal Election campaign. I'd campaigned for Allegra in 2022 and assisted with her post-election events, so of course, I said yes. But I didn't expect that six months later I'd end up with a heart-shaped teal tattoo!

A Heart-Shaped Teal Tattoo is a blog post by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website.

Read the post with a photo of the heart-shaped teal tattoo on Tall And True:

https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/a-heart-shaped-teal-tattoo

Read An Independent Candidate on Tall And True:

https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/an-independent-candidate

Listen to Tall And True Short Reads Season Five episodes:

• Season Five Trailer: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/introducing-season-five/

• The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts - Prologue: The Clinic: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-prologue-the-clinic/

• The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts - One: Rock Fishing: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/the-nine-lives-of-leo-roberts-one-rock-fishing/

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Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Tattoo Needle: https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive/sounds/430066/

• Glass Bottles: https://freesound.org/people/14G_Panska_Vagnerova_Adela/sounds/419471/

• Cheers/Applause: https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_2104797/sounds/324892/

• Computer Keyboard: https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/567266/

• Car Revving: https://freesound.org/people/EwanPenman11/sounds/659548/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.

Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Indigenous Eora Nation.

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Uncle Bernie parked his car alongside the dunes behind the rock fishing beach. Nursing a bucket in the back seat, Leo had vomited several times during the drive, and the last bumpy section on the off-road track leading to the beach hadn't helped. "Chuck up in the bucket," Uncle Bernie had warned him. "I don't want any stains on the upholstery."

The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — One: Rock Fishing is a short story by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website.

Read Robert's writing on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au

Listen to podcast episodes on Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Listen to the Season Five Trailer: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/introducing-season-five/

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Car Driving Interior: https://freesound.org/people/NachtmahrTV/sounds/556692/

• Car Door/Boot: https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_7146007/sounds/383835/

• Waves on Beach: https://freesound.org/people/VMan533/sounds/575894/

• Wind and Waves: https://freesound.org/people/nickmaysoundmusic/sounds/585622/

• Seagulls: https://freesound.org/people/plantmonkey/sounds/377107/

• Fishing Rod Reel: https://freesound.org/people/170129/sounds/408252/

• Heart Monitor: https://freesound.org/people/samfk360/sounds/148897/

• Underwater: https://freesound.org/people/DCSFX/sounds/366159/

• Bubbles: https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/209459/

• Cheering/Applause: https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_2104797/sounds/324892/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.

Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

Acast Podcast Supporter Page

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads.

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The terrace house door creaks open, and the women sitting in the converted front room glance at the newcomers: another nervous-looking young woman in her late teens or early twenties and an older woman, probably her mother, judging by their shared chubby features. The two women cross to the receptionist's desk.

The Nine Lives of Leo Roberts — Prologue: The Clinic is a short story by Robert Fairhead from the Tall And True writers' website.

Read Robert's writing on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au

Listen to podcast episodes on Tall And True Short Reads: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Listen to the Season Five Trailer: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/introducing-season-five/

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story and microfiction collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Creaky Door: https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_7146007/sounds/383816/

• Wall Clock: https://freesound.org/people/Richard1052/sounds/585774/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.

Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

Acast Podcast Supporter Page

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.