by Dave | Mar 31, 2022 | Uncategorized |
When we were frozen, inert polished stone, water rushed, algae bloomed. The whole place breathed. We were pulled, like tides, pebbles sucked clean. Scattered impulses unravelled, assembled, rearranged, became something sensible. Eventually,...
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...