The Last Train Home My life began to end when I fell asleep on the train home. A mistake I’d made plenty of times before, like who knows how many of my fellow commuters. But this time…
A Special Guest At Chalky House I always knew old widow Chalker’s family had been rich, but I couldn’t believe the treasures in that house of hers. Well, if she’s too daft to sell them, I reckon she’s too daft to miss a few…
Another Momentary Lapse, Another Tragedy Pain throbs behind my eyeballs. I hope that means I drunk too much last night, not too little. A hope that dies when I realise my hands are sticky…
Marked And Taken I wake to my father sobbing and my mother holding my hand tight. I know what this means. I’ve been marked.
Dislocated Joy I’m trying really hard to recapture the glee and aimless joy which came so naturally as a child. Back when I felt alive.
Easy As ABC If I’d known it was Gory’s bag I never woulda opened it, even being desperate to keep him from kicking me out of the gang…
Surrogate Dragon What a pair they were, two very different struggles mostly cancelled out by the other’s presence.
Taken In On The Lonely Cold Road She looked the perfect picture of a shrine-tender. I suspected nothing, eager to take shelter against the desolate cold of the isolated road…