The In-Between
Life consists of the before and the after. There is nothing in-between. In lighter days, I remember the sea with a fondness that can only...
Life
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GROCERY LIST; Before Now
� � A Grocery List � November 1963 (Time; morning of course, before baby Timmy needs his nap) 1. Buttermilk (Ask Ma for her biscuit...
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Behind the Heavy Curtains
Every morning I�d cross my room like a thief in the night. The curtain remained closed, and the lights were turned off. I liked to...
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HOUSEKEEPING; In a Minute
� Reading glasses swinging back and forth, dangling from a drug store string slung around my neck I said, to myself of course, I never...
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Cries of the innocent
‘Oh Rathlon, what have you done this time?’ Ishu stared down in dismay at his friend, bent over and covered in deep scratches. ‘I think...
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An Audience With Death
[The room is bathed in a dim, ethereal light. In the centre, hanging from the ceiling, a burnished bronze cage containing a flamboyantly colourful parrot....
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They Are All Vicious
Footsteps follow me along the dark street. Their steady clicking matches my own stilettos. I look around; barely moving my head. Shadows seem to cover...
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A window
I don’t suppose it matters much, really—all told. He’s happy with whatever I put in front of him these days. Except that—none of that anymore....
