Fun In The Sun chapter 10

Sal wanted to share the sunset with Nick. It was so beautiful there and she couldn’t think of anyone she’d rather be there with.

Window

A street lamp clicks off; a slouching teen places tables outside Costa; traffic lights receive their morning’s first clients. All sense of sleep, gently dissolving.

The strangeness of returning

tainted with the flavour of regurgitated elsewhere.
Cherry

The Black Dog's Waiting

The black dog is waiting, Waiting outside my door To lead me down dark Corridors of my mind, Past stations in the wall; Rope, razor, pill and gun. Black velvet shrouds drape…
Cherry

Carboot

I wince as old women rummage through boxes of my underwear, much of it looking grey and tatty in the open air, in the light of day.
Cherry

Midsummer's Eve

(Edit) A man pours himself a beer...

The Adventurous Faerie

A story to celebrate International Fairy Day. 24th June.

The Salamander Man

When I was little I had a pair of pet salamanders and we would go out every night and catch crickets to feed them.

My Pal Johnny

poem of loss inspired by a newspaper headline.

If I Could Tell You Anything

love note to my wife of 17 years

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