by Dave | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized |
“No one believes me. I’ve tried talking to family members, friends and other…,” he waves in my general direction, so I can only assume he means medical professionals. “It’s a normal phenomenon, apparently. Most people see them.” “Sorry, what?” I make a quick appraisal...
by Dave | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized |
Bob was one of the few people in the entire western world who hated The Beatles. It was personal: they’d completely fucked him and his generation was the way he saw it. Bob played the saxophone. It was jazzers like him who’d been sunk by the tidal wave of...
by Dave | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized |
She stands by the window on the upstairs landing, which she concedes to herself is probably her favourite window in the house. There is always considerable competition. She has lived here with Peter for over twenty years, loving the house from the start, with its...
by Dave | Jan 6, 2022 | Flash Fiction |
I pause on the bridge where she stood, mesmerised, thinking of her last thoughts. Paralysed by the possibilities. The darkness of the world fed her illness, but the river ended her life. Its beauty couldn’t ease her pain. I long to enjoy the river’s beauty, but can...
by Dave | Jan 6, 2022 | Poetry |
Hope is a feather fallen from wings Standing tall as one voice sings Rising against the heavy storms we each face Keeping the faith in your hearts good grace Ready to challenge the unjust ways Brave against them and those each coming day Hope is but a gentle...
