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 [...]
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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. [...]
The Empty Vessel – Part 2
Posted in Fiction, Long, The Empty Vessel on January 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is the second of a four part continuing story on Gamboling. Click here to read part 1, check back next Friday for the next instalment, but only after you’ve read part 2 of “The Empty Vessel”. Kurt is falling. Air rushing past him. Instinctively, he puts his arms out to protect himself and he [...]
The Empty Vessel – Part 1
Posted in Fiction, Long, The Empty Vessel on January 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This is the first of a four part continuing story on Gamboling. Check back next Friday for the next installment, but only after you’ve read part 1 of “The Empty Vessel”. Kurt crouched down behind a low wall. There hadn’t been any shooting for a few seconds. Kurt needed to think. He only had 3 [...]
Across the bridge – Part 1
Posted in Fiction, Long on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
James dropped his cigarette butt to the floor, trod it carefully into the ground and looked around for somewhere to place it. As he picked up the butt he could feel the cold cobbles sucking heat out of his hands. His gloves didn’t seem to be helping at all, or rather they weren’t helping enough. [...]
Preparation – Part 4
Posted in Fiction, Long, Preparation on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is the final part of Preparation a 4 part story. You may want to read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 before you continue.] As the taxi pulled away from the bistro I thought about how I sometimes can really surprise myself. I used to think about how I was too eager to [...]
Preparation – Part 3
Posted in Fiction, Long, Preparation on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[This is part 3 of Preparation a 4 part story. You may want to read Part 1 and Part 2 before you continue.] The question, “how many women?” I’d asked was hanging over the proceedings like a bad stink. Brian had frozen, he’d been freed for a second into saying something that he clearly truly [...]
