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Alabaster Conjugal 3.
I wrapped the alabaster version of Marnie in a black bin liner, lifted her over my shoulder, and put her in the boot of my car. It was past midnight and when I looked at the sky I was relieved to see that the moon didn’t think any less of me.
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Goodnight, Elvis
Auntie Martha didn’t want me in her place from the get-go.
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Nor There
Dreaming about mum. Walking along a country lane. We saw plump birds appear from the tall grass and scuttle across the road. They had brown feathers, speckled black, and jade green necks. I asked mum why they didn’t fly. “They’re pheasants,” she said. “You eat them.”
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Weightless v2
The lack of a body bothered me at first. I’d get upset about my weightlessness. Like all bouts of depression, it passed. Stuck in a cell, I started to recognise that it was dumb of me to miss my teeth, hair and eyes, to cry for my skin, arms and legs.
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Pie Chart Man
Pie Charts have been with me from the very beginning. When my father held me up as a baby, I tinkled in his face and this single act generated a bubbly 17% wedge of happiness.
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I enjoyed this. Really hard
Posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2023
I enjoyed this. Really hard to write a story when it's just a character in a room. Not sure if it's relevant, but this reminded me of Sapper Morton in Bladerunner 2049, living alone in the wilderness on his protein farm, or the last scene in...
Read full commentPosted in Second Life
Nicely done, Jenny. Enjoyed
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023
Nicely done, Jenny. Enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in When All I Need Is Artistry
This is so vivid and laced
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023
This is so vivid and laced with perfect details, my favourite being the bricks and tyre to stop the car rolling. When I was in Bulgaria, I saw someone had tried to fill in a giant pot hole in the road by placing an old tyre in it.
Great...
Read full commentPosted in Our Man in Golubac
I reckon you'll be surprised
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023
I reckon you'll be surprised when you read it back. The blend of realism and occult is really powerful. It's funny too. Happy to have a read through when you finish.
Read full commentPosted in Goatie 22
Enjoyable read. Thanks for
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023
Enjoyable read. Thanks for posting.
Read full commentPosted in Dragon Gate
Congrats -- this is our Pick
Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023
Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Facebook, Twitter et al
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Nicely done, SJ
Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023
Nicely done, SJ
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Nicely done, Ewan.
Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023
Nicely done, Ewan.
I had a few names for it on a run along the seafront in Brighton this evening.
Read full commentPosted in The Wind Has No Name
Yes, do keep going! Loved
Posted on Fri, 30 Jun 2023
Yes, do keep going! Loved your reading earlier in the year and look forward to seeing these on the site.
Read full commentPosted in Toast! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 24)
Really easy to read and fun.
Posted on Fri, 30 Jun 2023
Really easy to read and fun.
Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Facebook and Twitter
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