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Mum.

My Mum emigrated many years ago, when she retired. I’ve been to see her twice. For her age, she is in good health, she has a bit of back pain, and...

The Dentist.

My Son decided not to go back to the dentist when he realized he had to start paying, after he left school. He rang me recently to ask, “Can you ring...
Cherry

The Opposite Effect (3)

I drove home and proceeded to get drunk. Initially I began to feel a bit better, not much, but a little. I realized how asinine it was to go to...
Cherry

The Opposite Effect (2)

I felt that I really needed a drink, and I knew where to get a drink. I knew that in Nutsfart’s office, he had a bottle and that was what I felt I...
Cherry

The Opposite Effect (1)

The Opposite Effect We all of us fantasize, I think. I believe that it’s a natural and normal thing to wish for things to be better, even impossibly...

Short piece of writing

The fire cracking in the middle of the Victorian furniture filled room was the only source of light as my fingers traced the familiar keys. Familiar...

Do You Know Who I Am? Part Three.

Children were raped and abused by up to 100 members of a Manchester grooming gang sixteen years ago - but despite police and social workers knowing...

Do You Know Who I Am? Part Two.

Do you feel the world is broken? (We do) Do you feel the shadows deepen? (We do) But do you know that all the dark won't stop the light from getting...

Do You Know Who I Am?

A Minister kidnapped in Nigeria on 2nd of January 2020, the Reverend Lawan Andimi, was shown in a video as the, ‘world’ held its breath and prayed...