They were an odd group, the delegates who attended the conference. Old and awkward, with a puzzling assortment of aides. They had travelled considerable distances to the isolated hotel, high up in the mountains. One gentleman insisted on stabling his…
Stories published in 2020
Lucy Reborn
I do not remember dying, yet I must have. I remember kissing Arthur and bidding our friend, the Doctor, to guard him and then all was darkness. I baulk at the memory now. Arthur was a pathetic human. I recall…
The Tightrope Walker
Below in the valley the trees barely move, but here the wind tugs the purple heather and salt spray fills the air. My hair whips my face, stinging my eyes. This will be the longest walk I have ever done….
So Lucky
It was one of those aggressively sunny late Summer early Autumn mornings that ought to come with a trigger warning. Does anyone forget those days? I shudder at the memory of a prefab classroom already chilly in September: fat, stressed-out…
Dust
The Ashoka Superstore has the biggest parking lot in Kathmandu. Sarita frowns as she looks down from the balcony of the staff canteen at the cars, jeeps and rows of motorcycles that shimmer in the heat, the sun bouncing off…
Up on the Roof
It was unusual for the men to be called this early on a Friday. It was barely noon, and the sun beat on the back of Harka’s neck as he laid a brick and smoothed down the cement on either…
