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Myrtle knew that she did not have a life to launch a thousand ships. However, when she looked in the window and saw herself, she was happy within herself. Myrtle was fun at heart but somehow always seemed to end up on the social fringe. Whenever she tried to keep up with her friends, they …
Nadine and Charles used to play a game of mixed doubles with Samantha and James every Saturday afternoon. The game was always competitive in a healthy way. James and Charles both worked for the same city firm. Just recently James had received a bonus for a deal cut in the teeth of the 2008 crisis. …
Elliott did not like to let his mind wonder when he was riding his bike to work, but he could not help thinking he had perhaps been rather indiscreet. Then a taxi swerved in front of him and he was forced to brake sharply. Dammit! He was going to kill himself one of these days. …
What is that on your shoulder?” “It’s a mole. I should have had it removed.” “Why? I think it is rather wonderful.” “It is a blemish.” ‘We all have those.” “It is too obvious.” “Then, why haven’t you done something about it? You’ll be in and out in a day.” “I can’t. It’s part of …
Ice, why hollow? – She wrote, from quibble to pun. And back again. Just for fun. This is how she remembered it, in hospital, drifting in and out of consciousness, under the influence, it seems, of sister morphine: As a special treat, after dinner, she was allowed to disturb her grandfather up in his observatory. …
During the course of his supreme act, the Shaman would call upon members of the audience to try their hand in his box, which was placed at the centre of the stage. The box was a traveller’s trunk (worn, beaten, and labelled by the marks of its owner’s travels and travails) that went up and …