Echoes
IT’S TUESDAY, SO OF course Billy fucking Brannigan’s here. Sitting there with his dopey head all caved in. He goes on and on and on at me, like we’re the best of mates or something. Idiot. He’s one of...
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PEOPLE SAY I HAVE a special glow about me. That always makes me smile. Sometimes they ask if they can touch my belly – complete strangers! But I always let them. It’s good that people can share in my...
View ArticleA Caress
“WANT TO SEE SOMETHING that will change your life?” Felix was looking over his wire-rimmed spectacles at me with an intent, piercing stare. I grinned, and took another swig from my beer. “Always.” The...
View ArticleThe Accident
I AM A BLUE whale in the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean, adrift in an unending sea of fathomless blue. I am in my element down here, and nothing can touch me. “Can you hear me? Are you awake?” I...
View ArticleThe Sleep Clinic
IT ALL STARTED WHEN I began having trouble sleeping. Not just finding it hard to drop off at night or waking up too early and not being able to get back to sleep: nothing so mundane. No, this was in...
View ArticleThe Tree House
I HATE NIGHTS LIKE these, when the wind wails and howls and the rain lashes down against the windows. Especially when I’m alone. Usually I’ll go out to a bar or a club, drown it all out with loud...
View ArticleStill Waters
THEY SAY YOUR LIFE flashes before your eyes before you die. Well, mine didn’t: at least not literally. But maybe suicide doesn’t count. All I remember going through my head as I stood on the parapet of...
View ArticleMonsters
I thought I knew what fear was. I suppose everyone does. We’ve all had moments or times in our lives when we’ve felt the icy chill of terror clutching at our heart. But this – well, it isn’t even in...
View ArticleThe Summer House
I like it here, in the summer house. It’s peaceful. The warm sunlight streams in through the windows, cutting through the fog and making everything clear and bright and simple. I can spend all day in...
View ArticleLast Words
— recording begins –– Well now. Well well. Here we are. It’s been a long time. I suppose, if nothing else, I owe you an explanation for all this. We have some time to spare – you won’t be missed for...
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