Picks of the Month
January
Breeder of Black Cats
Opal pads across the back of the couch, leaps down onto the arm, and over to Emmalynn. She rubs her soft black head against Emmalynn's hip, seeking...
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- 4694 reads
December
Have You Seen My Sister?
Have you seen my sister? My kin My skin and blister She lives inside a dream Between two scenes She is a drifter Her smile is just a wisp And her...
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- 3460 reads
These Games We Play with the Universe
“He's beautiful.” I lean past Tasha to get a better look. And she's right, he is. He's unstintingly gorgeous. I put him in his very early twenties,...
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- 4335 reads
October
The Matrix Problem
One morning, I was woken early by a hammering on my back door. I quickly dressed and rushed downstairs, to find Alun in an excitable state. “What’s...
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- 6100 reads
Branwell Clinic
As I'm finding it difficult to write at the moment, I will continue to let my daughter Julia (Overthetop1) live on through her own writing, until I am ready. Coral Jane (seashore).
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- 19784 reads
September
trifecta
1. The last man I loved made me a dream catcher of dental floss and blonde hair. This is him, the last of him. We’re driving through a phlegmy drag...
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- 10285 reads
Lakehouse
The headings are a nod to Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, The Sea', a wonderful book :)
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- 9503 reads
August
Sticks
'There was a grove, dark with holm-oaks, below the Aventine, at sight of which you would say: ‘There’s a god within'. The centre was grassy, and...
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- 12084 reads
July
Birthday phone call
‘Hello stranger’ dad says, his chuckle dry and good-natured, the laugh of an overgrown kid. I’m sitting on a bench along the Southbank with my back...
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Eriksay
I wished to write ‘An ode to you’ – no, too thoughtless too common those words never reached the screen and I wonder if they reached you as I tried...
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- 11531 reads