Cherrypicked stories
The Patrolman - 29
It was six o'clock when he got back to his apartment.
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Snake Eyes May Cry
Ninety days ago, I had a future. I followed their rules, served their kingdom, settled their invoices. I volunteered in their office, signed the...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 33
Alan wakes up. He’s missed the best part, which I think is ungrateful of him. I need to poke him, or worse, but I don’t want him to leave me again...
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Ghigau 4
“Aidan Hulme?” Lenny looked aghast. “He’s an effing corporate pirate. I’m greener than Aidan Hulme! Did you know about this Jake?” “Of course not!”...
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Jasmine Tea
The call came early on a Saturday. My sister. Panicked. She’d rung our mother and found her breathless, confused, whispering in a voice that no...
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To Tell You The Truth — Part 2/2
The next week, you leave the TV on for background noise and sit at the kitchen table, waiting. She’s late. You tell yourself it’s just traffic. Or...
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To Tell You The Truth — Part 1/2
You were somebody once. Awards, panels. Interviews that felt more like coronations. You told other people’s life stories better than they could...
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Moon-Dawg
This is my latest work. I've punched up the chorus for these lyrics now and had Suno (AI) make music out of it. The new version (4,5) of Suno is much...
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Whatever the weather …
Whether the weather suit you, or whether the weather suit me, whatever the weather we’ll weather the weather together … some blether and blather,...
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Let Me Go Back
Dear diary...it's June 24 th 2025. Glastonbury festival has now arrived, surrounded by faces immersed in music. I fix eyes on knowledge of past,...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 32
I am filled with hatred. But today it gives me clarity. He chokes, and I watch him die. He fights it. This man wants to live when he has nothing left...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (1)
Night sounds permeate woods, a nocturnal topography spot-lit silver by a diaphanous moon. Cumulus clouds drift silently, pregnant with seasonal...
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Alien Species in the Garden Centre
I'm never sure if I'm in a goldfish bowl looking out, or if the world is a goldfish bowl and I'm looking in. The usual answer is both or either...
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Party Fashions
My father had a gift for humour—sharp, innuendo-laced, and often just a little too pleased with itself. He came from a decent family, trained as a...
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Dead Man: 6 (ii)
John thought back to that moment. It was the Christmas holidays, and he'd got a temporary job, helping out in the stock basement at a department...
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Dead Man: 6 (i)
John discovers that he isn't alone after all... John opened his mouth to answer, but there was nothing. Instead he just sat there, gaping at this new...
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The Vagaries of English Weather
Image from Wikimedia Commons by Heinz-Josef Lücking.
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Ghigau 2.
Lenny’s forty-five minute walk to work, down leafy avenues and across the park, was a pleasant one. It was already very warm and the morning air was...
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Ghigau 1.
One year later, near Primrose Hill, London. It was the beginning of a new week. London’s skyline glittered expensively, silhouetted against the...
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Ghigau
What happens when tragedy strikes twice?
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