Talecatching

Time Wrestling (observing a frail woan in a care home).

Breathing lightly floating in limbo Laughing to yourself no one can hear From your window you see Other people’s history They grow slower than you...
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The Debt Collecter Calls

Through the curtains she saw the undistinguishable saloon car pull up outside her neighbours’ house this was a ploy by the debt collector, the...
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The Rhyming Ballad of Sam Cantorelli

Sam Cantorelli was half Italian ‘my half was the legs’ he once said, he was a very fast runner with a face that was always red. His mother shouted...
Cherry

Tell them I am Queen now - a short story

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Tell them I am Queen now - a short story The old king, Aethelrod, wasn't stirring. He sat on the throne in faded tattered ermine. His gaze was...
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Unfathomable Silence

Unfathomable Silence. by MarciaMarcia Above full moon stands firm In demanding presence Below, tumultuous waves crash against rocks as if with...
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Danny ‘Moonshine’ was nineteen once / a short story

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Daniel Bradley was a porter in a city centre hospital for a year before he was sacked. He never challenged his dismissal. Bradley was part of a pool...
Cherry

The Brothers

He tied the knot tight around his brother's wrists and thread the rope through the loop and pulled it tighter again. It took only a few moments for...