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Anastasia Fleming aka Miss Bliss: “You can always catch my latest show at the Elephant and Castle. Please remember to bring the sugar cubes.” Anastasia’s stories include: The Ladder, The Carpet Beater, Double Header, Myrtle and the Dentist, The Duck Pond, and The Glass Floor.
Harry was a painter. He had painter’s overalls, a van and a ladder. Harry was pretty fit and good looking but, while he had some successes with girls, his big mouth nearly always got him into trouble long before he could test his charm on female company. One barmy night in June he finished up …
It was a running joke. And then it wasn’t any more. For years Jim had commented on the possibilities of the Carper Beater. “What about it, Jules,” he would say, peering at her across the top of his thick spectacles. For years Julie had blocked him away with the straightest of bats. It all came …
Without doubt they were the most glamorous couple in the restaurant: he with his sharp blue eyes, carefully cropped hair and muscular frame, dressed in a suit of sangfroid; she with her long dark hair, flashing eyes and the simplest, most elegant red dress adorning her tanned and gluten-free body. Their conversation was animated but …
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 …
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 …