JFTK
By john_king
Micro fiction and shorter works...
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City City
CITY CITY / JK 09 PRE TITLE MUSIC ON RADIO ‘Money, money’, ‘ London Calling…etc’
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Sense less
Memories? Taste: Aubergine. Visual: Stripy top a la Breton. Sound: In those shoes! Scent: the one I procure every birthday, I forget which, now. Touch…I want you to feel how I forgive you.
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- 660 reads
Alarm: Penalty for Improper Use
Alarm: Penalty for Improper Use I made the train by 1 second. I was too out of breath to think about old films when people actually opened doors on...
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Back Up
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Back Up ‘Caution vehicle reversing’ the voice, repetitive, robotic. As the removal van backed into the drive I felt this is an end beginning. When...
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Ordinary People
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Ordinary People As she stopped to catch her breath she looked back and realised her mistake. It wasn’t a mistake to blow up trains, the mistake was...
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Shore Shell
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It was the best holiday I’d ever had until the inevitable. Even the inevitable can be a shock when it knocks on your door, and all the more shocking...
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Deal Breaker
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Deal Breaker ‘The waves crashed on the shore – elemental, relentless, untameable.’ Frank screwed the A4 into a ball, hurled it into the wicker basket...
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Cry the Beloved County / Moor Time
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Cry the Beloved County / Moor time On 9 October year 2114 I was 100 years old. The birthday text from the President was functional rather than...
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Curtains
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Curtains Marti’s after show parties always had the epithet ‘legendary’ before them. No one remembers any epithets after. They were as much of theatre...
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Different Trains
Different Trains -Do you want to sleep sitting up or lying down? -I’m sorry? -What are you sorry about? America isn’t another country it’s a...
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Heaven and something else- a Christmas septet
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Do you remember that man who said 'hell is other people'? No, me neither. I do remember his words Especially at Christmas. I think, therefore he is...
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A Taste Of
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A Taste Of Was I worried? Not yet, maybe if pushed. I still had faith. The research was sound. Location, what estate agents call up and coming,...
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Do I have to spell it out
Do I Have to Spell It Out? R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Aretha always used to spell it out. Arthur never did. He always said it, last worded you with the one word...
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the Captain's Constitutional
The Captain’s Constitutional 2025 Staging / FX Simple staging, light to follow Capt. Salter. FX: Music / street cries /traffic tape or cast members...
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The Dictator
The Dictator People who labelled me vulgar are dead. People who sneer at gold don’t have any. So flexible: gold taps, watches, bullion. Always have...
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