Category Archives: Fiction
Tuna
A dark, motionless shadow lay on the grey shingle bottom of the shallow stream. A shiver went down the spine of the boy. His torch was off. There was no light to create the shadow. He was a hunter. So … Continue reading
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Rabbits
A story, by new contributor CGS. See there was this old codger who used to live along the road from us. He used to go hunting rabbits. But he didn’t use a gun or a rifle like everybody else. No, … Continue reading
Brother Scrooge reflects on the Yuletide spirit
[I chanced upon this scrap of reflection by none other than our dear Brother Scrooge. If you have not had the pleasure of his acquaintance, I assure you he is a somewhat misunderstood man who gives the lie to the … Continue reading
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Curtains: A Story
Curtains slashed by age and years, windows turn cold looks on me, and in their darkness I am old. In such a room as this unnumbered years may idly pass, with bare attention failing even cognisance of setting forth. And … Continue reading
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Short Story: ‘A New World’
A short story for the long weekend: ‘A New World’, by regular contributor CJH. This is the first creative work featured on this blog, but we hope that such works will become a more regular feature. Enjoy this excellent story. … Continue reading
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Interview: Patrick Evans
–In our society what we tried to do was use electricity to jolt people back into some simulacrum of normality, and if that failed, we were willing to cut part of their brains out; that surely says something about the … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, Literary Criticism
Interview: Patrick Evans
–In our society what we tried to do was use electricity to jolt people back into some simulacrum of normality, and if that failed, we were willing to cut part of their brains out; that surely says something about the … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, Literary Criticism
