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The Story Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned.
This is neither the famous William Shakespeare play, that is not mentioned in the theatre. Not is it as you might…
Location, Location, Location
My Dearest Son, I thought about what you said all the way home. My son, you are right where you are meant to be.…
Angular Trifecta 15: Mural Abstractionism
The Deew might have been the offspring of another mother, but this project was still Janette's baby. Whether her…
Mark Johnson Chronicles
This is a taster for the first short story in a long running series about a former glamour photographer called Mark…
Behind a White Curtain
It was quite bright and tranquil the day it began, snow lazily falling and blanketing the world in a soft downy…
The Drover
Claire woke in the night startled by the storm and lightning strike. She sprung from her swag, dressed and threw a…
Fly as Children in the Air
The neighborhood, you never notice it when you are little, or who is looking at you. You don't notice broken…
Angular Trifecta 14: Boyd Versus Burdlit
From almost an outward-looking fishbowl viewpoint, the Deew possessed a unique perspective and seat for this…
The Fruit Men Won – Excerpt
My Grandfather believed in America, in Freedom from a government like Sicily. Here he sits near a window at Ellis…
Mother’s Death
When she had died I had forgotten everything: all I had ever reproached her, all what had ever made me mad with…
Wife or Partner
I want to make my life better and I do not know how.
I’m half asleep in the bedroom when I process these thoughts.…
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room
Broken clay stretched to the horizon, neatly laid concave shards interrupted only by wilted…
Angular Trifecta 13: Unrhetorical Answers (2)
Shredded clothing matched Boyd's shredded ego, but clothes could be replaced, so there was no use in worrying about…
Excerpt: Mungai and the Goa Constrictor (2)
Unaware of the gazing sun's effect on his recently discovered disguise, Mungai moved closer to the pack.
In the…