Fiction: The Text
Saturday morning and Lil’Johnny was on his way to work on the Market. He walked…
Browsing: Literature
The Dog that Sang the Blues
It feels like centuries must have passed, but it is only decades. Years grow shorter…
Poem: Lovely Dead
Lovely Dead If I were to let you go who would I show this garden…
Poem: ‘Where beckons the quiver…?’
_ Where beckons the quiver…? Are there no spirits moving in the air _ …
Poem: ‘A Chapter in the War’
A Chapter in the WarAppian, 95-165 CEUnder orders from Octavian, the hardened captains – Pansa,…
Dog Years
Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their…
A Grand Lady Must be a Hundred Years Old
I owe my life to a bullet that pierced my father’s skull. The time was…
Poem: Rental
Rental Motes swirled in windows like stars in The Starry Night. Water stains framed mirrors…
The Death of My Marriage and JFK Junior
It happens. After four years of marriage, I’m madly in love…just not with my…
Fiction: Dos Lunas
The Gallego, Dos Lunas, sat on the low wall of the Mirador San Nicolas hurling…
Poetry: ‘hospital suite’
From hospital suite One no matter how the oak ward is word-less the light buzz…
Murphy Walked into the Bar
It was just after opening time when Murphy walked into the bar. He wasn’t welcome…
Poem: ‘If I Could Only’
If I Could Only I dream of roses blooming in the sky, of boys with…
Fiction: Change
Neil went to tea break for the gossip, to find out what was going on,…
The Last Christmas
The afternoon of Christmas Eve, just as it’s beginning to get dark, Mum opens the …
Poem: Krismastime
Krismastime It’s Krismastime Get confetti Slug wile Midnight Fly heights Seeing worlds beam by beam…
Fiction: Everything Human
“Have you ever been alone in an old theatre at night? There are no places…
Ode to the Christmas Pub
– A seasonal riff on the opening paragraph of Moby Dick – Call me Andy.…
Poem: Teacher
TEACHER I know I’ve made a christ of you the way I gather up the…