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An Importantly Blank Space (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published An Importantly Blank Space It is not that the woman does not see the significant problem. In her otherlife she is taking things apart. Searching for a cause or extravagant gesture. Reassurance that this world is not obsolete. She is not afraid because the significant problem is almost totally painless. Gods invisible blessing. Blessings help the woman to manage the
Delusional Goddess (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Delusional Goddess The woman sits beneath the sky’s shabby tarpaulin, an absent-minded breeze afloat on emptiness: A hazy outline built from a dozen books and a swig of clear G&T. Occasionally she munches a little mouthful of clover. This is the field where he keeps her. Tied to a stake like a wandering cow. A wandering cow who was once a delusional goddess. In short: a monstrous imbecile stuffed into an exquisite dress. An
The butcher's dog and lights cautious echo (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published The butcher’s dog and lights cautious echo Strange how a man can one day just decide, he should become a different man. There is no plot to this and little to say- it happened so fast. Once there was a figure sprawled like a slab of hewn granite, a pagan corpse destined for the knacker’s yard…. And then there was a different man. So smoothly did this almost iridescent shift of state occur, that it seemed as if it had always
Romeo of the Fly Tips (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Romeo of the Fly Tips He makes sure to rattle out to a local fly-tip before seduction begins in earnest. A favourite site is just out of town. An overgrown hillside above the tangle of brickwork houses He parks the car and stands still for a moment staring into the distance, making sure he is not seen. For he has no business being here, perhaps that is part of the joy? He has no way of knowing. The sharp anticipatory thrill
Eidolon (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Eidolon Well shit. There’s shooting fish in a barrel, and then there’s being served haddock on a silver platter. Even with shoes that ugly. Comfortable to be sure. But it’s hard not to throttle himself every time he sees them. Ugly shoes plodding about on stupid feet. And that cardigan too. What type of lunatic beyond Mrs Doyle wears a sodding cardigan? White as well. Like she’s flapping round in heaven. All harps and
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