Picks of the Month
July
Healing (for an old mate)
The ghostly feeling When something goes wrong That used to be right A spirit full of might Speaks to you in whispers Sometimes in sleep As it seeps...
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- 861 reads
The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes
She’d almost broken her neck outside. Now she was tucked away in the corner, as far away as possible from the rest, stretching her legs. The dance...
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- 1790 reads
June
Goatie 9
Prison bent even young bodies like Harry the Hatchet into a slow shuffle. But everything was done double-paced with the jail-head on. Aching for...
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- 3751 reads
Jumping Trains
Jumping Trains They call this room, ‘The Pod’. Outside. It’s slatted, curved. A brown tortoise shell. Inside. I distribute Mirtazapine, Tramadol,...
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- 2042 reads
May
Alien Murmuration - Chapter 14 (1991)
Mum is screaming at me again. I cover my ears and lay my head on the table. “You can’t just block it all out! You have to live this life!” I don’t...
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- 1907 reads
Ranthambore
Ranthambore Morning humidity with rising haze, sub-continental sun, indigo skies, arcane land-ship of silent voyeurs, clicking cameras and stoical...
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- 4195 reads
April
This Green Isle
DoodleWhimsy of old, remastered.
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- 4400 reads
March
the frog pond at equinox
the frog pool at equinox a pool, of deep brown velour, sumptuous folds catch clouds in reverse, a wish of sunlight tucked in at the bottom then...
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- 2290 reads
Goatie
MIASMA. That’s the word I was trying to remember. It’s all a bit stupid. It doesn’t really exist in the same way it did then as an invasive force. But you’ve still got the hangover of the word hanging like a bad smell.
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- 5761 reads
February
The Lion's Mouth - Part 1
Venice in the 14th century was a hotbed of conspiracies and intrigues. The secret police had placed lion- shaped letter boxes on the walls of the city so that citizens could inform on one another if they believed treachery was being committed.
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- 3039 reads