Category Archives: fiction
Onion
To stop re-marriage, do this simple thing: Cut a juicy onion crosswise, select a pearly ring from the centre and slip it onto the third finger of your left hand. From time to time smell the ring of onion that … Continue reading
Man
Armed with a receipt spike, Alain Ton stood in the doorway of HR, demanding to be relocated to the Persian office. “Alain, there is no Persian office,” Karen said. “Transylvania then.” It was two-thirty. Slap-bang in the middle of the … Continue reading
Baby
Laura was voluptuous; her size emblematic of how we threw ourselves at life aged seventeen. One night pilling at Glastonbury I saw her fall to the floor, clutching her stomach. Laura hadn’t known she was pregnant. The baby lay, purple … Continue reading
Ice Flow
*Today’s story comes from a guest contributor– an all-star vicar and part-time sailor, the Reverend Kit Chalcraft* We drove through ice and snow to the Boat Show. He wished to purchase a device that would give warning of approaching ice … Continue reading
Pasta
The mechanic had been pretty helpful, she said. If you break down in the middle of an intersection, you’re odds off finding a garage right there to fix you up. So she was lucky; the car less so. The problem … Continue reading
Bruce
Bruce decided he simply didn’t want to anymore. He packed his toothbrush and lucky boots, grabbed his boxers from the laundry basket, and headed to the kitchen. “You are such a bloody cowboy,” she screamed. At that, he left the … Continue reading
Coffee
Part of the Fifty-Fifty series* Shelled with red flesh and growing of bushes in Africa, tribal warriors would chew these peculiar nuts for energy on the hunt. And then there is the signature on a fine meal. Styrofoam and plastic … Continue reading
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Shaving
Part of the Fifty-Fifty series* My husband has these knives. Japanese knives. They use them for raw fish or shark or something over there. Here Jeff uses them for stone fruit, to show off. He has no idea I use … Continue reading
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