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Back to building

What I want to do right now is build. I’m nowhere near being any good at mesh yet; I just don’t have the patience to learn it this moment.  I watched a whole bunch of Blender tutorials and made that first ever mesh flying saucer that probably everyone does.  I started making a mesh version […]

The teaser

Want to know what happens to Definitely Thursday following the shock ending of AFK, in Pursuit of Avengement?  In a few days I’ll be posting details on how to get a free preview copy of the fifth and final entry in the AFK series. Stay tuned…

Extra time

We drove to the used car dealer, parked up just outside of a thirty second radius in the shared forecourt to a handwash company. Four men with buckets looked up, but only briefly. We strolled across their view, a deliberately slow and casual pace. No rush. I pointed out the car we were after. We […]

The things that make you cry don’t make me cry

The things that make you cry don’t make me cry. The things that make you cry don’t make me cry. The things that make you cry are the things that should make people cry, like the funeral, her sons’ broken faces, her husband reaching out for something to hold on to because his grief was […]

So turn towards the sun

The most profound revelation is something you feared all along: that any promise of connection is at best only temporarily real; that no-one genuinely cares; that it matters not what becomes of you; that you are alone in your head and it is unimportant that you will die; that only your immediate descendents – if […]

cat and dog

she crouches he barks she sprints he chases she leaps he skids she hides he follows her scent she tears across the road and a red car runs over her back he sniffs her twitching body and the tiny puddle of urine and wags his tail and spots something else to investigate

lily

she wobbles at the edge of the drop crouched, reaching she takes a fistful of dirt from the box kisses her soiled fingers and sobs and throws it down savagely upon polished wood and white petals

Wiedersehen

Didn’t you die yet?

Didn’t you die yet? Didn’t you die yet? You said your goodbyes, we had tears in our eyes; everyone’s moved by a husband who cries. Are we there yet? Didn’t you die yet? We’ve patients to treat, backed up on the street; we like you, but see we have targets to meet. Is it your […]

Slow subtraction

You have hours left to live. You will never go home. Your intestine is ruptured. Say your goodbyes. Say your goodbyes. Your heart is weak. We are stopping medication. You have days left to live. We’ll move you to a different ward. Say your goodbyes. There is nothing we can do. We’ll move you to […]