Glue by Ian D Smith

Good call, diving back into the archives - doesn't happen enough, and I'd never read this before. First lines are important to those such as I (low boredom/attention threshold) and these first quirky snappy two got me in. Subtly peculiar style, with the repetition of words that we're not supposed to do but works here. Describing a length of a queue by the doglegs was inspired. Not much else to say, enjoyed it and glad it was flagged.

it must have been edited, cause came up on unread list. I agree, it was quirky and original and not overdone. Juliet

Thats nice that. It has a nice sense of madness. There were a couple of sentences that stumbled a little. Fun read though.

Thanks for the great comments and the surprise cherry pick. Pleased you all liked it. I came back to the new ABC Tales and found a blank space where the story had been. I was amazed to find I'd uploaded it back in 2004. So I restored the original, and next minute it's cherry-picked. I like the new site. I put some more crazy stories on. It's all Life Writing. Thanks, guys.

Ian - I think I came across one of your stories in a short story magazine recently (Transmission, I think it was). For some reason, your name caught my eye... Good work, and well done on the publication.