He waddles through the front door bearing a rustic suitcase and what looks like a treasure chest with metal clasps on it.

Mauritius, he says to me. I go Mauritius.

I know, I say. You spoke to my colleague yesterday. I point and make shapes with my hands which resemble my tiny colleague.

This story by Tracie Lark was a submission in the 2014 ABC Radio National Earshot ‘Pocketdocs’ competition.

Duration: 5min 42sec

Broadcast: Wed 22 Jul 2015, 11:55am

From Dreams To Bits Of Me by Tracie Lark

Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction

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New Zealand

(Complementary background music by Harry Ashbrook)

Duration 1min 15sec

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