They say that the third time is always the charm. That was certainly the case with me seeing how I was the last try after two miscarriages. My parents never mentioned this to me of course, it was the miscarriages themselves who told me. Claire and Paul arrived in my memory around the same time … Continue reading Claire and Paul

Frank died. Children sang. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes! Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes! Frank looked out across the plains of fire. An eternity of flesh danced back at him. As the children sang, the scorched bodies of all the cursed souls followed along. “Better keep up!” a voice … Continue reading The Truth About Hell

A hollow ding rang throughout the kitchen, as the pieces of burnt toast jumped out of their would-be crematorium.   "Christ almighty, Karen" I said as my frustration grew. "Couldn't you think for two seconds and get my breakfast out before it gets ruined?"   Karen just sat there, her silence a resounding act of … Continue reading Burnt Toast

Once a woman was clipping the hedgerow outside of her home. She used a ladder to do the trick. The ladder was made of wood from Polynesia. The woman wanted her hedgerows to be shaped like triangular prisms. Like pyramids. The woman used a big sturdy pair of clippers to get the job done. It … Continue reading The Hedgerow

There was never a morning rush to get to work anymore, the general population had become so dense in recent times due to the lack of compliance with the law created by number zero, there was an eerie silence now and the look of fear in people's faces in the densely occupied subway carriage. Spinning … Continue reading Diversion

Her body was shaking, her skin was changing, her heart was beating fast, she thought she was going to die from all that madness. Her mind was full of images and words, she felt she couldn’t manage all those things happening. She knew, she couldn’t find the right medicine to make everything feel lighter, to … Continue reading Metamorphosis

“There ain’t nothing better further west from here. Even if there was, we couldn’t make it more than another three days with what we’ve got. Look out there. You can see a whole week’s worth of walking from this mountain, and it ain’t no better down the line.” “If that’s so, we’ll die in another … Continue reading Badlands is Badlands