Monthly Archives: September 2012

Club Shrapnel

There is cell death in everything tonight – in the bass-lines and the double-pedal drum. In the dancer in tights and trainers. Cell death in the lights that cut thought the smoke, spilled beer puddles and trampled plastic pint-pots. Cell … Continue reading

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Blogger Award

Thank you so much, Sarah Potter, for nominating me for the happy, smiley Sunshine Blogger Award. It is the first one of these that I have ever done. Sarah is a writer from the UK who loves eating broad beans and sipping on … Continue reading

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Morpheus Tales – New Fatherhood

My bio-punk short story about fatherhood has been published in this issue of Morpheus Tales – Ripped Genes. The New Fatherhood: Discover the emotional story of my son’s birth; a journey that starts before I chose the foetus but finishes … Continue reading

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He’s Leaving Us

17:31 office burst. Suits and skirts through leaves and litter. Into the Vaults – beer pulled from pumps, fast as steam engines. A pint of Old Tom settles into my glass. Ale swallowed to wash down administrator’s pill. Handshakes flirt … Continue reading

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A Girl Not Reading a Book

Sat in the café curled into the armchair – white cotton shirt pressed into geometry that boxes her shoulders. She hides behind tight hair, teeth pressed together in anticipation of freedom. Pushing her glasses up her nose she emerges to … Continue reading

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