Short stories - London 2008

Stories inspired by the life in the city, the anonymity and sometimes surprising intimacy born of chance encounters, and the imagined inner lives of those we pass randomly on the street everyday.

Winter in Edinburgh

Three women briefly cross paths in a cafe on a winter afternoon.

The Lecturer

I saw them leave the building together. I had just left it myself, and was about to cross the road, when I happened to glance back.

The Gesture

Stanley had a neighbour. Towards the eve of his 52nd birthday, this neighbour became the predominant focus of his life – he used the neighbour as a bookmark of his aspirations.