Night Shoot

by David Sodergren

Sometimes, in the darkness, the greatest thing to fear is your own mind.

Death was always more shocking and also, somehow, more pitiful in real life. The way the human body was exposed as a useless sack of meat, the way people reacted not with stoicism and bravery, but with the dread realisation that their life was over.

‘Fuck’s sake! Why can’t they just give women fucking pockets!’

Was just saying this to my wife last week