Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Heathcourt
    Heathcourt
    Heathcourt
    Ebook618 pages9 hours

    Heathcourt

    By David Gilbert

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    HEATHCOURT

    Who bashed Danny?

    Danny Morgan is 23, a builder’s labourer. He works hard and plays hard, likes a drink or twenty, and enjoys playing in his local lower-grade football team. But he is a little apathetic and directionless in life, joyless.
    He lives in the granny flat at his boss’s house, a short distance outside the suburb of Heathcourt, where he grew up and went to school. Which suits him just fine, he has a love/hate relationship with the place, memories good and bad, and acquaintances from whom he can often appreciate that little bit of space.
    The story begins when Danny regains consciousness, bloodied and bruised, on a Heathcourt footpath in the wee hours of a Sunday morning. Evidently the victim of a savage bashing, Danny has apparently been attacked whilst walking home from his local pub and regular hang-out, the Heathcourt Hotel. He has no recollection of the attack, nor much of the hours preceding it, be it a result of the attack itself or the many drinks he’d put away beforehand.
    Danny endeavours to uncover the identity of his attacker/s and the reason/s for said attack. Was it the local drug-dealing thugs he resents so much? Was it somehow related to ongoing animosity between him and certain blokes at work? Did he manage to get himself on the wrong side of the wrong people in his drunkenness? Or was it a totally random attack, opportunists taking advantage of his state of extreme inebriation?
    Danny’s investigation finds him undertaking inquiries and putting the feelers out throughout Heathcourt. None of this deters him in the slightest from pursuing adventures in binge-drinking, footballing, and wooing a young lady he’s fancied for a while. In fact, he manages to intermingle it all.
    As time goes on, however, the stress of not knowing, the suspicion and paranoia that go along with the uncertainty, and various other factors surrounding Danny’s life and work begin to take their toll. His mental and emotional stability starts to suffer, leading him to act out aggressively. He reports his assault to the Police, hoping this will assist in keeping him out of trouble, and his amateur efforts then dovetail with the official investigation.
    During this time, Danny discovers a lot about the environment in which he lives, about those close to him, and about himself. And a lot of it isn’t good. Some of it is just plain rotten.

    Will the identity of Danny’s attacker/s be revealed?
    What will he do then?
    Or will he snap, and do something irretrievably destructive before the mystery is solved?

    Heathcourt is a story about binge-drinking culture, about the latent paranoia and aggression that often underlies our daily lives, that sometimes crosses over into violence. It’s a story about life in the Australian suburbs, which isn’t always idyllic but can be stifling and oppressive. Most of all, Heathcourt is a tale about being human, growing up, finding a way, and coming to terms.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Gilbert
    Release dateJun 1, 2019
    ISBN9780463171929
    Heathcourt
    Author

    David Gilbert

    Author of Heathcourt. A story about life in the Aussie suburbs.Disclaimer: It's not very PC. Also, there are quite a few f bombs and c bombs. Just a spot of forewarning in case these are likely to cause offence.Cheers

    Related to Heathcourt

    Related ebooks

    Amateur Sleuths For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Kieran

      Jul 6, 2023

      Kieran
      3 min read

    • Article

      Fitting In

      Oct 1, 2021

      Fitting In
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Wrong Shampoo

      Apr 10, 2022

      Brandy scoured the rows of bubble gum bright shampoo bottles. How much time had passed already? She looked to the front of the store but couldn’t see the checkout lines. She had only been to Jeff’s apartment once so far and didn’t remember what brand

      16 min read

    • Article

      We Think We Gave Our Neighbor COVID-19

      Jul 10, 2020

      We Think We Gave Our Neighbor COVID-19
      3 min read

    • Article

      Instructions For The Drowning

      Jun 1, 2021

      Instructions For The Drowning
      9 min read

    • Article

      FIRST STEPS In Selfishness

      Sep 24, 2020

      FIRST STEPS In Selfishness
      4 min read

    • Article

      Parakeet

      May 29, 2020

      Parakeet
      11 min read

    • Article

      One Red Glove

      Dec 28, 2020

      One Red Glove
      2 min read

    • Article

      On Other Sands

      Dec 8, 2022

      On Other Sands
      5 min read

    • Article

      Male Privilege

      Dec 10, 2022

      Down the sloping street he went, toward the coffee shop by the river where Ted was already waiting, pacing the sidewalk, phone to an ear. Ted extended a meaty hand, squeezing enthusiastically and Brendon followed him inside, all the way to the back,

      20 min read

    • Article

      Take That, Sucker!

      Apr 22, 2021

      Take That, Sucker!
      4 min read

    • Article

      Named

      Mar 19, 2018

      Named
      10 min read

    • Article

      The Turn Of The Tide

      Sep 24, 2020

      The Turn Of The Tide
      4 min read

    • Article

      Rip Tide

      Dec 1, 2023

      Rip Tide
      8 min read

    • Article

      Peppermint Issue 54

      May 24, 2022

      It was Lady Gaga who opened the floodgates for me. The drains became clogged in February after the climate-induced, relentless downpour that descended on Queensland and New South Wales. Towns and cities were inundated with dangerous floodwaters, trag

      5 min read

    • Article

      Five Poems

      Sep 1, 2023

      Hovering near the line I watch a ladyorder coffee and ask for a second,empty cup. But once she has the cupin hand she thinks better of itand, leaving, drops it in the trash.I know about cups. They’re treesground to a pulp and coated with thinskins of

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Visitors

      Mar 1, 2023

      The Visitors
      4 min read

    • Article

      It’s Not Over On Repeat

      Sep 8, 2022

      It’s Not Over On Repeat
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Pressure Cooker

      Nov 7, 2023

      Put human beings in confined quarters with limited privacy, mix in periods of boredom spiced with exhaustion, add a pinch of terror and seasickness, and you have the recipe for tense moments onboard. Whether it’s a charter with friends you thought yo

      2 min read

    • Article

      Whethervane A Short Story

      Nov 25, 2021

      Whethervane A Short Story
      9 min read

    • Article

      Push

      Aug 4, 2022

      Push
      5 min read

    • Article

      About Ed

      Jun 14, 2022

      I walk into the orchid show with Ed. As soon as I see the tumultuous hall I know he won’t last long. Ed walks like an old man though he is forty. After ten minutes on his feet, he vomits on some purple phalaenopsis. I get him outside through a fire e

      18 min read

    • Article

      The Lineup

      Sep 21, 2020

      Crazy new board tech in crazy new pool tech! We can see why Louie went wave-pool mad during this year’s Board Bible, and Josh didn’t miss a frame. One thing we do know is everyone wants to get back there—soon! Big shout out to Mens Shred. Although we

      2 min read

    • Article

      Ponderation

      Mar 1, 2020

      THE WORLD slides away in great chunks. Literally, the ground beneath your feet—gone. There are four sinkholes in and around Wink, Texas, the most famous being the Wink Sink. No one knows how deep it goes, but in 2002, a lone diver tried to figure it

      9 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Heathcourt

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Heathcourt - David Gilbert

      cbook_preview_excerpt.html}}K#ǑVPU]A<)R>l2uj@8Ft/;{%kB)5Yvi\ݴ-cZݜmSueM}]7i\n?^͇;xN~w?N)N=]:Kvw]ewag?MoV{خYN˲)}wiԗ?n<><0fm=>;c3]skfx^־yZ[ C<5Ǥ157{ɲ-pmF!vs($۱ksil.vUp7};cC0uq܃÷ո?&Pjk`˟맣~izϫsItP8l&li_(> .y췫O4cqb9DY xMl.'MaC|LJ (}v6louKs:Y)n2Aû>o.YMŽd^"8$. $›eN ם"p2M`w[RfZjkmn);<ӴT hjZ GCnp6hsb=LAmV`5Ýϳ#?[:is.]=5m"5&Ae7G?̭,ɵ˶[ө;"j/ۮ2+ͱ"j(tXHsgotCP_~LL5@!>)B<tMڮvq)6gf&;4gR[[,^PΨIsO\EjɜKYb`퀑]ҹ9[8S#͖iK/l89=IJj[j&Zlq=X0۲ǯzcz\$= '?+a;hOi ٧4?qMi/M-u%ڈMo}FS>ٜ6Scay=}<P'S1vN'sl{hq5vLtJO (R{6ȗXd ݗ6d3/UANsvma֍)э =o lu}[s\%R}AڝNI7a6' ;~Մ0i^/WehgOt[E(DMS<>'Mmg6~p5|}ޞ͙85Ǯ+4)ԾJ0WjnL!iGKna/pΧ k{ZMSL?Ga6!զ]ALïHz/{{yʍ N>Ց217t*4 0ÞqHYOzMPwYҾq[U;͡Bv#\w}Uj.7b4&|ƃppiAfLg8AyޮtQ)6${.QzŸgeϊG~h3z\xt*'Wk/f BFz7sQL*@'b,) .wX+n/6=kX[anʐc239)t` FE*gO'Ӓ9F&~],_c#i[4P>T>؁"ǣ;OWcE4#Z;w@Lg% V~jZ~&<ٕeli 㲵W&7 7:@V' jj)9]|#je3>=ݹ|{Y~m^lӿJ2HhMޕ9:fП^W@wj׶}59 X:sBkg-tU4ɖֿ>K|QD'Wszg}wc32 s$obX+|P:v2 o^ޚ`@$SjlGw†ws8]O5\q8.0|ǂx[^,4ny2$hO6 :E@#$}:޳f>*<\ޚ0sZ") ߨ2f@o |*v*1 4uRtκ{00"3 "{c s[ˑws 8q65< |$"gv\ѐ@˪cE049w,%  ea1;pZ³W-&쏓Y C^ .Q~Lg~b6>=7HeaUtCvfz;WJK:cVrU4QboGӗa/vl?m˿6a6c͏&6?nv,`_U9gh-#Au-ϊمq -7P1ݨe Ŏб'8dŲwc8gVh0tB>{,K.ɄG6+nbH9jXM0EWsW=i|kOaڔnNi3M=veq!:\mRNSf'N`zXO{ߪk]BvMK38 KcMWG9J6ȼE)5@)ٌ7tdW+^!(2v`1!g|]) 32B4n3C1+-)` F1]j2Eò^ZV"&`j[Ah=40ƟUIKҝ(<[[rB>jP7jBAET>l3{J.2td` iQ2u,g~~HCchvra9%pK2Ӳ#`L)ԤeWšX. d`l{m!MD{25 ><]1%y0vN*۱2cn^_`͒oM1峑r[}/U$cdgG)$'z˝%˝o/wK f"ͱL(xHoy:1)9#`}{cڳ쀙kb`Ʌځtu{:z$Wܥ4qC~ڌ6=np\;rYP^QuH%nF0HzLYT|C O! %^,BreV>SJN1jFy:iN:wx -Cgl [OPJD9qJ2L =ۖS"ףhm&V ]5e9=_w`aۏO8Kp'R;,'/nkQFAIX,Y*woI!"ijfW}E_h\1pu1-fuh.M|ѭcۜOKCV87)"0.LCR5S n1M _hKRzQoYmh_D!sX.Q*]lJ"zbNFֻo" FCeϡЈl4d׮+H}4 W*Ix1ɏW4׭T H1;m*7y&PZ=tCLLJZs4He~1⑀%3F1t^f0b$_Q,\TeқUiΕnv2c;yAu#zHM&T覵4ב =.#O=tgD/w#ξuܝ"y|f-MW ~ .(BsΜSD|t*N%5r;5 G|pK&4m9.p)"f;ÍK|Jm9 6"]+i+ؓ{z'Q#Be6#C!=\,qSj韙y:m gqv3c,h%NLRPm2ĸwl i#ʶ8X^s?5H KmEgHfq^!Tot 86񾚓)埿mr<{CVEf!\euPS~kn)-Ni=vg /Vr6l":9Hٓ*iA_z2_?#f(<9\`"(MYҎdskKPdacK~؞dE<G$G;d~,ʲn3|]-(н.w"{8vۀifl)ü/] Sۢ\` Ր8M+?I`NPmi&hJ;'9]ZhR>rӀQAn+1k8*kXx9+_MnwSm͠1%cE=7ol1Oܸ*oq՘&y4~! >S:BߌD9v;VLLz-AX"reه^{gJX}'=UVrlq_N [*,bθZe9ݤC$`:!\Y!`YJ[$8Xx#laPak)r!sS^4QD%T 3+ ``/FSH`(dGWq̔i1_*"aY!΃SEG!n !xqlUD3q8Lɋ퓵ุ&k =}*?ۋ}KڮKMҷ_hwǝ˒#w]&ۿӓ:ݛ4|Az74ڞa)IT j):0 hЋw91p(9ɼz:`DMmR8swZM6`eO`Vl0x;w!PD <h@z;,Y1ػ*MĨ EU_-d'2xuI ?tZ7"_^/b!HE񷿳f~|x>*~XY#qR1X! j:[_"):or1HNBV+aZ<]Qn#S/?M{ l$IYsDu<# k.uXŝVh* z{xhB[@LH<]1TBD h#g@ɒ0竪n!ؿ*T !78(XLԙA-D/ 0^ER C@j2yV xGW.6:X ,f4Mˈey aoU+#A G1D$Cj XmjDU}4("u u3hZ4[r<?깹v;nW6$k*٫kgi'_[ז)tHh(cz?ȆtKM"}F7,}|3p|hTAj/T0D B4NGM׫ɿ|Om^nk-n[ui"z z;42Bq<yV[=|t*ModnlB^D]yz.*\XF\Ƕ=W9˼U1FDlux/vhO=`ZI*v|ڭ5Ln@DM[+Wtl"麸}⨯^;{1mDW /w_z٨x2G"UX׍Q%gc|>jt@eȰN B-:@*>i Y ~IeK7(?}۩HJY7׋8dpMM pL}[ #}ܔ? cg7Ea6I a&Ї@ҼDƪ;] -?43DʓCo"@ NHB-Umvrx*P2T+|Tݜ;"}nIIvVf$s+`,/'Yz> KZ;袚.uNyVv|g??z<;_s͗Ru c)j`Mf c)?y<^90m1 X`rlPဦtؗioe%|WVIHT1X{D g'IԎ8`\3X!8aHu|"᪻L}J2ЇFYUz=:\`+"guUr2 FR9"97^RIG/uPw?8u#KpqAC*IXáR.3ɢMeŦ(f)v /0yR-MIe|H\J7ƀlu#+$>78Ѝ_25` /\juR]6Me3qjް]>Fv2Rl0\\?Z.."S#OB-akK"nå W9W,hMA86Vv3+SFΣ'7Y)]iRyғ2]bhWsҒf93ӷ(]h* |$R 'SDW1jOdHhe8rUc5TG9#I]qw'fʙ3Ns0biXXTU_ U_'N:t<2̈́ǟ2+qʍ$TQgnuMpHb@94Jr*g9w'4 eY:Hki S3㣨B[o#i/6ge)GI >/ƭPzj8m0ՌcG㌶;wCK=Jt 2@m9确-8esDeΘW.㋛~s9}&7m{)2 7?U^qȺ nM^t"' H"#}[,Al! f"h?~I &:0hȜɧg wHP@.T q hy6{sg2tu>-0uF(&z'z>ϰs$5|-6PoI=m}]tþ6IKx\9@QsF P |DƮc~GeK^BՖe, !jFq6v} 6صy䯉x_7 iY/7mgW `pÕ1TѬ7i?qC2Ip<Әwv0dOm!A(J<"#h켸B(W0E' ].8z/`;<{bWuD),/eI)zZ*(~}Nt}B.=BtP'tGws*RMUcAo)ݼj_4EyNyaSp#T^*[wcF/Gqİ,YIB]sK} *! jz^"zZQyG{5 tVtBvsы\b4dR0Q+kyv*> #:\ijtqBbyZFpOwKoYś'$V|P w캁A,EG %\4٬@P`HPCZ)m,s%'8>^HqFs<$fM"c+АQ\qF#nmfo{f!ޢՠA9#yZ#+OʁdxdbTT9 ի^G_kiWD+{ @UD{gV|ݰfF~Fh-G;VcʙLf* >\>ʷ]5x y7 xS1UTJf^hܯzg@T#5ԴCLXS?5΅s%(9唛Ϩ!lP~U\q~mV; PpŸ~[JBxSwD &KH4 9f^$m/R_ʍ# ՁjE̴a T"DS"7ićeRЦtQEv6a(Zը}a!X*iuĦYp -{B0" ]鹳κ#j:{lI`ka\y :QnH,V^˜! x{~l 2 9J!nqxWݨj;ƶZ*:%;b0Ҵ59}T(rTƫE{aWEqa(HĪ[.*k n ^ߡ%'D>Y'zC1eV}٫bFEZhV8{R] RA *0S̞ں;$lKV&&_&s?P2(4*QNIp25{xؤgw(śUKi5 EZa鐵6y2Z?vp} aԳx]se"} D'b_j>JUNkG{=@d=)#nXB= TLfo:96WL"w8FiA[T.!U=\*gF<7s9$!Z"W+Snv"%a>+y"eypnGMzIpneM%2nzͰ{VNP(+Y*c?:Q2!:l6A2ܐ7ˎ\e Hp&L״ZzzcX`wԥvG'4i4"7,'Djd쮮_ U|`Q+l^0Ȣ1a TUeyp:̻z{J7sx%s0BsA_՟=ܘ 4Ꮁ6[)"Q,u,C&R 7}2aE7>6> &iQ1ׯn ۿm]D^S&R $%4PHROE$phK9Q%Y4߮ ~ SbC!IdΩ{H Yn ԮZ wFpc .퓒 b۠Uf>((wp;V97Scc".7C`5לհpfN$.%ИTcV*1}F3DP"Z$rgQu[|C<%fe~eaKX]3I7q/Nɉ!ZD-NuC g8aU $㬶axϛ{e.\UMuTHe}h^SUβQvrpvVG %aD\#w75XԔO ]5(Tu:[ߞvI+wܗ2mqB˿eIt",9oKvf h/ĶPEǟ-GUÝk#oسf0ehE+0LEÝއbwInS yq*U>qQWZwrg8\~9S}3820AAU@}L />V"kjŵn Z/Rb%0Iy7s&rՏ57 Ȍ#q) tR9fg˚>:ņU]dKm>7UkiS/g]ؑׯ򄊗, QYK(g8/;O\ {[\*>lu+5,)Uo)}wqݑ-Y]ΞVz̦ܴYyf;o{dR P-٣kr]Og`-HZaxn,5C?o-MnnׄO1z2[em#*qw&$\ό9(Q]xG֏8 JmJoY9B:!pyB'V~-M}#fz(tHA#b?;&{Q%5'@ QBe]x>bH`טF m2$lJ?L"̼ʏsRņJUnx1zYrAQ 'u@6ѥ7 śMκ0yҩY% k>rةC[{~-O$CJ޺SKBVw{5goWoP@,BqЎNBMITDՅt熽 8*̉ij#n< Vi9Cˮ#D()ؽe|ߦћf|Dwݩ#}2W7z=W;T=S{75Y@ @Q-m OPm&qtlz;yF#xollcۙn)FoifQTaﰴ%jK?34SX1UDR`gpff bJB&p{'ToU+(3sL$"`+_ӢOD^x (@Cb)ܫW:U1CNUKJE9O˥"Ӂ^Do2+ye7;X{OZNO>{Th˪Gqږmca=LaM\둕خDƗeǫʐ>vܳb$x6npXn\͞1XxVu՜UJV;<tV&o8~.@=8eZk\w\l.>xĢy bͼ??wz_V;UoMefSY' B%Wn֊z?qX>+0 Δ j k[Yp݉xB}g+gO8{ӽ&&}/垅'^ڍSHېȽAJO9^7ųm "\Q4mfܳE.՝~ꝭ1uXkU'C_89';E \T<ʋ8F=A]:z:j˷x-xo#J̖r4sl6 0 g|E @W`q[]eПU?ks*0TJ.M:^\v| :&u;.'Z7z$%Ku^L'l4Q5Rye=?ݒJQyX\gV=|.熲 ;ƞ[ekIis;vl,Do8h(s|"뙊lhZ0lɴt!ԣ {&S:~g4/}Af.$E ԢXAiJٜ7v񉭁y;Us^%;PL=\O _C%\!hTغ^9r O(paŌ$cL]&%.'+;$msO Ʈ]lW6pݖiMb GG& Zo!v?2g  :XHNu>! s$%ϽTAsw sL~'uS~~Nlڣj1G{ ë_u5{Uʁw%5y!9?Toz'-Q8KW>db0XXLh?"nthz /T͘[weU_SZVTO66Rzo.ԍ,h_Z4 3sgί`S+LNhovue.@}V ?=b1yi1W4yM41Z/9YKt|Ƽ׫SvwTZKIiLg)͚~nS!UBl3…:m[J/(NlioT4Y)*B?+p7Ft^t4Z]8ճsJC\eCl&BҴwǓ8Zz|_ |&c'BBI=ht[,J.L}gb0iGܽ:ne;Gs4>\S揽LDA6쪭W0|z+r%.Ϳ5X%`\۷ˆ"S;Mm_YP-|<2&^o) 쀉-ɼ~*ꈋdWB:o-֜׵ M0ĉ]-98vI+[*ߓG* 1_扄SmW'XuX&OHS4Nc5Gab`N ! 0X |^_VuT\[˫2Ov$~_PҶ:Ut_Txȋ>nkZrKьUPqY|i@{(4F|W .ۼ|t߻4h)xIE v@7gF{-a TXuW|UMgxCqH(6`vאDEk&ad?2@5mKɞԵ۪ :GHWҝ8׺!*tt{,XS˕rXjdG2¦ :(Myhl>D.[ЛUldK|:D߲'5r#1҇g9x&/ UFG$UWAzd]R oWJ¢}e äO͡z.! Tŕl>[vN`AvC"1N[ES!enl2w=^jE<hqqPnB(k]{`,q'S@^z;lϻ\#,u㥙f4a:"L"JY)^YTMQٲf)~+CvᕏF"[*t8c5sS.Ƚ>BT (5"mUHn95%$BP5>iR.?T (ϛzt"<~q#\G7\CvD|rDݓg{v3}!([&wB N"JŗP2J+n"]5lp{ꕗԓqq.x(=͘6/Af̶zvOHo}`b6tͭ3WЛU1WH-osǃMB;bZ۟ѱm5~3bdؿ@ ,0h/V삷o@7EH̍Ys݃/l4>N6OF;Ze8 [^?Mpzʫt7;V 4w]UlB͕â.(,U%<9hWZ-4n}:7 BDt{]S.p['ZxXΩӪcS⹊_Z+RPΊ;WW6Gʆ.n!sɮS)/j}NvbW)>眑ވ]G~?E@NN`==ayi[!Ł+^{V/Oo$E HeuNw_D;@I_y;|蛘1\WX]{l]2B?uҸZ#0IBb5g@A']0e 4ڶJLtڷS,?f~Z?
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1