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Short Story - The Canvas

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  The Canvas By Isabelle Coto The sun had just started to set and so did Mary’s plan. Mary sat in her glass greenhouse finishing the final details on her 72 x 36 inched canvas. It was a human sized painting of herself and her husband Tom Franklin, though it was a bit unusual as she didn’t paint a face on her husband head and it was left blank white. Tom walked through the front door late from work as usual and soon enough both the partners were arguing with each other once again. “What’s for dinner?” Tom said as soon as he walked through the front door. “Its not ready yet.” replied Mary. “WHY NOT? You’ve had all day to make it and you’re a housewife that’s what your made to do!” Tom said furiously. At that point Mary felt furious rage go through her blood. She remained calm and gently smiled back to her husband as her response to him. Mary then leaded Tom to the greenhouse room to show him her painting. Tom was confused as his face was just a white blotch on the canvas. Mary picked the

Newspaper Article - Murder in Shoalwater: Mary and Tom Franklin

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  A murder in Shoalwater with a canvas as the murder weapon.  Mary and Tom Franklin.   By Isabelle Coto. The Franklin family was just an ordinary couple. Mary is the wife who is a ‘housewife’ that paints, cooks and takes care of their home. Tom is the home provider; he has a job and pays for all the expenses. So, what went wrong? Who would want to kill Tom Franklin. Investigators are searching the crime scene. It is known that Tom Franklin was hit on the top of his head with a painted canvas that had enough force to kill him. The painting was then hung up on top of the fireplace on the wall. Mary was having dinner with their neighbors at the time of his death. Did someone get jealous of Tom Franklin’s life or was someone hired to kill him? Tom had no known suspects of people who would want to kill him. Whoever killed Tom Franklin did it on purpose. The house was as normal as it commonly was. Mary was at Police officer Matt Smith’s house for dinner as Tom came home late that evening. Ma

Tv 60 Minutes Story - The man through the hanging canvas

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  The man through the hanging canvas By 60 Minutes 19 th of October 2023 Perth, Western Australia Journalist- Isabelle Coto WARNING: This story contains the tragedy of Tom Franklins death.   Today marks the 1-year anniversary of Tom Franklin’s horrific murder in seaside Shoalwater. It was in the late supper time of September 2023 when 000 got a disturbing call from a resident in seaside Shoalwater who had found her husband dead hung up with his head through a canvas on top of the fireplace. A year later and Ms. Franklin denied knowing about her husband’s death until she got proven guilty along with her helper Police officer Matt Smith. During the past year and the many public trials, the latest trial had a Neighbour speaking up about how they had evidence recorded on their front driveway camera. The camera caught Mr. Matt Smith walking over to the Franklin's house going inside for a while and leaving with Ms. Franklin both covered in blood. After this evidence had

Podcast - Author Interview

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  Podcast interview with Mary Franklin by Isabelle Coto   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1acZTyFo00rnQq72aa1X9CgHA1mqwyF57/view?usp=sharing  Photo by: Google

About me

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About Me!    Hi, my name is Isabelle. I was born and raised in Western Australia and am Gen Z. I am currently a high school student who wishes to pursue a career in film directing. I hope that one day my films can become a great success. I love writing creative story's of thoughts that I have had and especially dreams! My favourite hobby is baking as I love to test out new recipes. Currently I m doing a Tafe course in 'Screen and Media Cert III'. I love to watch films especially in the genre of Dystopian films and wish to make a lot of dystopian genres when I work as a film director. I love vintage stuff and seeing towns that have that olden day feelin of 1950's. 

Thornlie Tour - Cafeteria

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Thornlie Tour - Library

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