Grand Canyon
Garry Crystal Grand Canyon How far would you go to stop the corporate destruction of something you love? It didn’t creep up on him unnoticed as it did for others who found themselves in this situation. Isolation isn’t generally welcomed as a lifestyle choice for most and usually only comes to people in the later years, when friends have dwindled More...
Kryptonite
Things had been going great and then one night she announced that she wanted a cat. As soon as she had said it, that cat was already in the room, and I knew what was coming but I gave it a hopeless shot anyway. “It’s More...
Flicker
She’d been flickering for years now, though it hadn’t become apparent until recently. There were the unanswered emails, the unacknowledged Facebook updates – stuff she’d always shrugged off as people being More...
The Monday Morning Hangover Blues
The good thing about Londoners is that as well as working hard they also party hard and most people are listening to the same Monday morning blues as I am. But there are slight differences to be seen and they fall More...
The Girl in the Window
Jones: “She keeps looking down at me. What the fuck is wrong with her. I don’t trust kids. They’re all a bunch of gang bangers or punks now-a-days. What’s up with those pants? One day they’re More...
Appraising
An employer/employee appraisal turns argumentative and asks the character defining question of whether or not you would remain in hell if the devil paid you enough. Small office setting. Two employees talking. Employee More...
My Room
Originally posted on Associated Content, March 2008 The room that I slept in as a child was adjacent to our living room. That meant that I was the only person who had to sleep on the first floor of our run down More...
Steps to a Stranger
[media-credit name="Courtesy of Creative Commons" align="alignleft" width="240"][/media-credit]She trembled up the steps, exhausted but relieved. Another night filled with dancing lay ahead, rhythms and movements More...
