What is this? Well I rather enjoyed the discussion around the short story I posted the other month here called Airborne. After the story was published there was some conversation about how the story ended and I realised that perhaps it was uncomfortable for people to directly comment on the story posts on the blog [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Telephone – Directors Commentary
Posted in Articles, Fiction, Long, Telephone on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Telephone – Part 4
Posted in Fiction, Long, Telephone on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
She was already gone. Before I had fallen asleep I had wondered if she would wake me. I guessed she wouldn’t and she hadn’t. I think I liked that.I got up and padded into the kitchen. It was already too hot. I opened the window and stepped onto the balcony. It was cooler but you [...]
Telephone – Part 3
Posted in Fiction, Long, Telephone on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How did she know Sarah had been in? How did she know who Sarah was? How did she know I had wanted Sarah to leave?”I didn’t used to?” “Of course you did.” “What do you mean?” “Of course you used to want her to go out. That’s what happens in a healthy relationship. You want [...]
Telephone – Part 2
Posted in Fiction, Long, Telephone on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I feel like I’m stuck to the mattress. Sarah’s not here, neither is the sheet. I’m holding the telephone in my hand – it hasn’t rung. I get up and think about showering. I open the refrigerator catch a smell, realise it’s me, and I head to the shower. The telephone is ringing and I [...]
Telephone – Part 1
Posted in Fiction, Long, Telephone on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hot. A stifling oppressive heat that makes breathing a chore. A day for sitting on the balcony under shade drinking margaritas. Not this. Not out here consuming. Not more shopping. How much more crap does she need? None. A drip of sweat forms in my armpit and runs down the inside of my arm. [...]
It’s alright for ants
Posted in Articles on November 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
An ant walked past my foot just now while I was writing. “It’s all right for ants,” I thought, “they know what they need to do.” Then I saw a spider, actually walking along, following the ant. “It’s all right for spiders,” I thought, “spiders don’t have to work out what they are supposed to [...]
