HeyJared2 Phat 2 Fly
Middle class woman of a certain age, figuring shit out after a near death experience.
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Nairobi (opens the original)
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Walking out of your settled life in the UK into a brand new one 6,000 miles away in East Africa is not for the faint hearted. Particularly if you’ve never stepped foot in Sub-Saharan Africa before.At times I’ve felt like Donald Draper in the opening credits of Mad Men. Putting down my briefcase and stepping off the edge downwards into a spiralling freefall. Surrendering to gravity before somehow landing upwards on a comfy sofa in our apartment in Westlands, Nairobi. Sat next to my son (12) and m
LOST CAT (more weird fiction by me) (opens the original)
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This one is dedicated to David Beckler and the rest of his motley crew at the South Manchester Writer’s Workshop. Dreamers who assemble weekly in a circle to share fables of giant snakes eating mangoes, tales of murder, illegal crossing of borders and espionage sweeping across centuries. Affairs, plays and poetry. My dad was a member but he died so I’ve taken up his place temporarily. This is my first short story. LOST CATClara noticed first, way before it turned weird. But at the time she had a
I just want to make it last (opens the original)
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Trigger warning: contains death and woo wooArancini cooked properly by Sicilians bears no resemblance to the stodge you are commonly served in the Uk. The good stuff has more in common with a Cadbury’s Crème Egg. A crisp fried shell breaking apart to reveal a delicious molten centre of cheese-laden pistachio sauce or ragu, an anti-depressant served up in a greasy paper bag.I learnt this secret on the roof of Big Hands on a baking hot May evening while my dad lay dying at Manchester Royal Infirma
Killing Boomers. Chapter five. (opens the original)
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Keep up why don'tcha…. read Chapter 4 first.Tom Keevers is doing ever so well from my South Manchester micro-business. The first estate agent to put his headshot on sold boards in my postcode. Mimicking the real estate signage I saw on my only trip to Southern California. It won't be long before there are open house tours. I'll enjoy those, a reward for all my hard work.Mr Keevers is everywhere, his smiling bearded face peering out from the front gardens of the terraces and semis in the leafy cu
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