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Hamish and Cassandra – A Short Story by Sarah Brown
Hamish grew up in rural Scotland, and their childhood was broadly unremarkable. Interesting events did occur, as they do for everyone, but nothing that would warrant a substantial part of their autobiography. Hamish’s parents were, quite genuinely, deeply in love with each other both as individuals, and as parents to their children. Hamish’s father worked…
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After the Tsunami – A Story by Rachel Mary G
Eleven days later, the girl came to the temple. She had a smooth, round face, like a fresh rice cake. She wore no make-up or jewellery apart from a white gold engagement band with a small stone. Her hair was tinted with a mahogany gloss, but otherwise she was plain and unadorned. Her fiancé’s arm…
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Saltwater – A Short Story by Sarah Brown
I stride purposefully down the hill towards the grey ocean. I feel gleeful but it is overwhelming, and I am curiously close to tears. I focus on the strain of my muscles and the ache in my shins as I stomp down the steep incline. My boots, bought for another life, are loose around my…
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Without Purpose or Direction – A Story by Robert Honour
Apparently, depression affects around five percent of the adult population. I’m not sure if the knowledge of this shared melancholia is comforting or whether it simply adds to the feeling of despair. Perhaps it’s meant to help us feel less isolated, though I can’t say that I find any solace in the fact that others…
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The Chick-o-land Man – A Short Story by Robert Honour
The Chick-o-land Man The man first appeared during my fifth visit to Chick-o-land. In my thirty-something years on Earth, I had never previously seen the point of fast-food but, like many in post-pandemic Britain, my job had become increasingly more time-consuming and stressful leading to a reliance on the cheap and easy. For some reason,…
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The Ocean Floor – A Short Story by Robert Honour
The Ocean Floor Last Tuesday, I finally did what I had been aching to do my whole life. I walked straight into the ocean. No turning back. One foot in front of the other. See, I’ve lived on the coast my entire life. And I mean right on the coast. To give you a basic…
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The Tremors – A Short Story by Robert Honour
The tremors started on a Tuesday. I can’t say exactly when, but it must have been some time between 12:37am and 7:16am, as I noticed them reverberating the beer next to my bed as I awoke. Now, don’t go thinking that I’m a morning beer drinker. Far from it. I have an affectionate, but controlled…
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The New Normal – A Short Story by Robert Honour
It’s incredible how quickly the human mind can normalise any given activity. No matter how strange or potentially traumatising an experience is, practice it often enough and it soon becomes just as routine and mundane as everything else in life. I guess the best way of explaining would be by comparing cultures or different time…
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A Lounge Full of Demons – The Story of an Album by Bert Honour
‘A Lounge Full of Demons’ – The first album by Bert Honour – is now available to buy for just £5 at http://www.berthonour.bandcamp.com Keep Independent music alive. An Evening at The Lounge. The Tiger A room full of smoke and regret. Dust covers all. Red upon red adorns the cavernous space. The kind of red…
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A One Way Ticket – A Short Story by Lily Bell
The train chugged forth, leaving my mind spinning. There was no one there at the end destination to greet me. I was on my way to nowhere, and I couldn’t help a tear from falling. I had lost so much in the packing of that suitcase, and gained a paper ticket to tug at my…