Traditional, Great, British: That’s what it claimed to be, the abandoned inn at the crossroad.
Damp, dusty and dim: That’s what it was when we tore the padlock from the back door. Our boots left prints in the thick layer of dust. Continue reading
Traditional, Great, British: That’s what it claimed to be, the abandoned inn at the crossroad.
Damp, dusty and dim: That’s what it was when we tore the padlock from the back door. Our boots left prints in the thick layer of dust. Continue reading
He soon perceived, however, that the battles which Sir Miles and the rest had waged against armed knights to win a kingdom, were not half so arduous as this which he now undertook to win immortality against the English language. Continue reading
“Hurry up, Darling. We’re late.” James was waiting patiently, watching his wife. She looked gorgeous in her red dress, lipstick and shoes. Red suited her so well. Continue reading
Painted over in layers of colour, each uglier than the previous and flaking from age yet again. Rust eats the screws in cracked concrete. Continue reading
“The harvest is lost, Akea. Waste of time to come here.”
The view from the slanting palm is bleak – nothing but water where once was a beautiful beach. Continue reading
She loved this game, one of the few she could participate in. She didn’t understand why her classmates behaved so weirdly, staggering and stumbling, but she loved the feeling of dizziness when it was her turn to spin. Continue reading
Only 2 lanes are reserved for training, the rest of the pool crowded by old ladies trying not to get their hair wet and their makeup smeared. Earrings glitter in the harsh light like drops of dew on withered grass. Continue reading
I’ve just learned that Lord Dunsany, the famous English fantasy author, was actually called
Baron Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Lord Dunsany,
Unbridled, righteous rage throbbed visibly in the bulging vein on Mr. Edison’s temple. One hand clenched the paper as he read it aloud. Continue reading
Not to fall in love:
The hardest thing he has done
in quite a long time.