On the Bus is a short story by R J Dent and can be read here: https://www.booksie.com/posting/r-j-dent/on-the-bus-464306
The story is set in the Australian outback and is based on a real event.
On the Bus was originally published in Writer’s Muse, Issue 63.
Issue 63 contains:
EDITORIAL by JIM PALMER
BIOGRAPHICAL BIRTH PAINS by BRIAN DARWENT
JACK THE STRIPPER by ED BLUNDELL
ZAZIE’S QUEST by WILLIAM WOOD
STEPPING ON CRACKS by ADAM PARRY
DEAR MAVIS by JOHN McDERMOTT
READERS’ LETTERS by THE PUBLIC
ON THE BUS by R J DENT
BOTTLE MAN by GRETA JORDAN
THE CONSTABLE’S FAREWELL SHOW by MARK DAVID STALLARD
THICK SKINNED by JOHN KENT
JOB DISSATISFACTION by JAYNE FALLOWS
R J Dent says: ‘I’ve always wanted to write a story set in the Australian outback, and had the opportunity after reading about the Grafton bus crash in New South Wales. On The Bus gave me the opportunity to write a story about convention versus freedom, set in an unforgiving landscape.’
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