Picks of the Month

August

Please, leave the light on. ( The reply)

By jolono on Thu, 20 Aug 2015

As always, there are two sides to every story. Here's the reply... Dear Robert, Your letter was forwarded onto me by the new tenants of Jenny’s old...

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running in the rain

By Deliberately Evolving on Mon, 24 Aug 2015

There is something compelling and slightly unsettling the way the rain strikes my face hits my cheeks and my lips. Droplets drum a delightful pattern...

Surreal

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July

(I Don't Want to) Ride the Piss and Graffiti Train Anymore

By Michael Valentine on Sun, 26 Jul 2015

Thinking on the train.

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June

The Sewing Machine

By blackjack-davey on Tue, 09 Jun 2015

The Sewing Machine As a young man, I was fond of walking holidays and particularly liked the wilds of Scotland, covering vast distances by foot. They...

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May

A Room In Chungking

By socialeaf on Fri, 15 May 2015

On the gritty wall askew in sultry disrepair, hangs Hokusai’s Great Wave. Almost a window once perhaps, this place has won it over. Below on crumpled...

Miscellaneous

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Gave it to the sea

By Stephen Thom on Sun, 24 May 2015

The cut between these times was such that I thought it possible I was living in an afterlife. In louder places we sat in filthy messes, plates and...

Love

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April

Another baby

By mcmanaman on Fri, 10 Apr 2015

The barmaid's waiting for a phone call. Her sister-in-law is in labour. She’s desperate for the phone to ring so she can hear from the corridors of...

Story

Certificate PG