Before and After (Before and After, #1)

by Andrew Shanahan

The fireman who falls to his death is Carl, and the one who kicks him out of the window is Karl.

fantastic fucking opening line, jfc

But as tempting as oblivion seems, my anxiety insists that I have to be in a state of pin-drop alertness or an unspecified calamity will occur.

She works at Greggs as well, how could anyone inflict pain on someone like that? They created a sausage roll for vegans.

I understand momentarily why people drink – to spark that sunshine inside themselves – creating internal sunsets as they willed.

There will always be problems, all I can do is to focus on what I can solve now.

“Your dog has eaten Jesus! Spit it out Brown, this isn’t funny! That’s Our Lord and Saviour!”