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Somewhere in the periphery of my vision, something glinted. Said vision was focused on my mirror-image, so when […]
Beneath a sluiced sky as empty as I try to keep my mind, the insects find me. I […]
‘Computing next – bloody waste of time.’ Becky exhales, smoke coming out of her nostrils as well as […]
The babble in the room reaches a crescendo, like a pan of boiling milk, then simmers down to […]
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Something had been niggling at me. All holidays are different of course, but there was definitely a missing […]
I had always wanted to visit Paris in the spring. My back felt bent and broken as I […]
The sun is shining relentlessly as I chase my two across the sand for what must be the […]
The policeman smiled. He’d just taken the cuffs off her and he let them swing from his index […]
I’m suddenly awake, blinking in the darkness. My black knickers covering the digital display of the radio have […]
I guess buffets will be the last thing to make a return after lockdown. If you think about […]