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Lonely Heart
I just didn’t want to be alone anymore. Nobody wants to be alone, do they? I suppose I’m no different to anybody else, but it seemed to consume me. I couldn’t handle it anymore, so I decided that I wouldn’t spend another day of my life by myself. It had gone on so long. Sometimes,…
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Don’t Tell Him Your Name – Part Two
Zoe. I know you don’t recognise me. We don’t have time for this. There is a piece of paper in your coat’s inside pocket. Get it out and look. Hurry up. Quick! He’s already approaching. Don’t gawp at me, woman, just get the paper out and look at it! There isn’t time for this. Okay.…
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Way Back Home
It started with a row about the invitation. Marsaili and I don’t have any secrets, so, unsurprisingly, the first time I kept one, it swirled into a cyclone that I couldn’t control. I hid the invitation, neatly decorated with both of our names, at the bottom of the recycling, hoping that I could wish it…
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Angel Baby – Chapter Five – Restraint
My wrists itched. They weren’t sore, but sleeping in restraints made my skin a little bratty the morning after, which was fitting, I suppose. They just needed a little moisturiser, and they’d be fine, but my moisturiser was in my bag, in the living room and completely inaccessible to somebody who was unable to move…
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Cherry Coke
A whole can of cherry coke, ran down my throat, as I tried to recapture the taste, of our Friday night cinema trips, where your hand was in mine, and also in my popcorn, and we were alone at last, watching a world where we were possible. In the dark, on sticky floors, we have…