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She Smiles for the First Time

The bar is sepia but satellite brings a slice of real life as two supporters wait for kick-off and organise drinks. They have a young girl with them who fidgets until she spills her cola. When the barman brings her … Continue reading

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Error Flag

Writing has installed a debug routine in my operating system: E1601  plot implausibility E1602  flagrant grammatical disregard E1738  structure defect E1740  paper thin character development E6700  runtime error I click cancel and ignore it. – Benjamin F Jones (From the … Continue reading

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Light Picks Out Detail

My hair is greying and my skin pulls up into powder light dunes. My arms are sprayed onto my torso, white brushed with sodium brick and chain link rejection, where I crawl face down on the carpet like a pork-chop … Continue reading

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Family Unit

My mother brushes the carpet and offers me a choice of duvet covers. Four squares of light relax on the burgundy sofa. Trains rattle past the bathroom window and I remember the day I painted the frame. Today I play … Continue reading

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The Essence of Ready Made Custard

The essence of ready-made custard is extracted from volcanic ‘pores’ by a process known as Broight-conversion. To reach the source, up to 100m below the Earth’s surface, superheated water is pumped down a sleeved drill which dissolves the essence and … Continue reading

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