Tumbling
Miss listened to the voicemail. Another father died. He lived to ninety four. Pretty good except for the last weeks. She called back to her…
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Funeral in the Country
Miss drives to her friend’s father’s funeral. It’s familar territory, rolling hills, blue skies with puffy white clouds today. She’ll be on the edge of…
The -1st Hour of a Condemned Man
That morning, he cannot bring himself to eat. The guard puts out butter and apricot jam, and he feels the scents and his body does…
Are You There?
‘Hey, where did you go?’ Sam banged his phone on the counter. He listened and stared at the Android. ‘Hello, are you there?’ He looked…
Deaf Scream
Let me call for help,And never be heard,Roaring in my bed,Next to a sleeping spouse. I wish to enjoy the sound,Of silence tearing my throat,Rasping…
Contamination
A story of the repair workers When the nice grey-haired physician – she looked like a secondary-school counsellor – finished, Jannike’s gaze slid out the…
On The Last Bed
Tick tick tick tick,Tick tick tick tock!Goes the clock,On the wall!Tick tick tick tick,Tick tick tick tock!Never takes stock,Of us all! Tick tick tick tick,Time…
The Silhouette Pine
By the time they got back from the funeral buffet, it had started drizzling. Mum parked behind grandma’s pale yellow VW. Jennifer looked out at…
Alma Angelica
When Alma was in her teens she realised that there was a competition between herself and Angelica. Perhaps it had already been going for a…