The space station hanging in nothingness, a fly caught in the ointment of the unending, forever falling black. A clutter of junk blocking pricks of light fallen from distant suns. Looking out the observation windows The subterranean cold outside pressing in on the toughened glass -cool to touch. The air presses down, the recycled air [...]

Like a mask of death it rested on her face, the dials of glass lighting up her eyes but not showing the full rate of her heart, catapulting to and fro in her rib cage. Panic was the only certainty at this moment as sirens wailed and shells hailed down on this quarter of the [...]

His argument seemed to be riding along the rails of logic quite well, a few squeaks as he rounded some hairy corners. His line seemed to be beginning to creak and rattle though, and then it was if a freight train had just blown its whistle at a crossing. The bells began clanging people were [...]

His argument seemed to be riding along the rails of logic quite well, a few squeaks as he rounded some hairy corners. His line seemed to be beginning to creak and rattle though, and then it was if a freight train had just blown its whistle at a crossing. The bells began clanging people were [...]

March 22 shipping containers on the bay, windsurfers, white caps and windsurfers- some 14 year old female lifesavers reminding me of how I failed at swimming – some young girls with skirts pulled up screaming like they’re on a roller coaster ride as waves wash in and over their feet – thoughts on doing voluntary [...]

That old dialogue has gone on for years between fat and muscle. Fat comes to visit easily it’s the waddling salesman with the cigar hanging out the corner of his mouth who mentions the word ‘easy’ one too many times. Muscle is the Sergeant Major who makes you walk around the parade ground six thousand [...]

Such a chore to do this every day – the ritual, almost comforting. The paraphernalia; the tube, the paste the bowl, the taps twisted and water gurgling down the hole. The squeezing of the tube as if it’s a pimple ready to burst, the pussy slug of paste escaping and lying prostrate ready for sacrifice [...]

He tasted determination as he moved from one end of the deck to the other – funnily it tasted quite similar to saliva and the inside of a bloody bitten lip. He was determined to get to the other end of the deck to adjust the sheet and pull down the foresail, the automatic motor [...]

On final approach it looked like dawn was about to fill the sky, a glowing orange band thickened in the distance, but I realised this was not the dawn but rather the glow of the city. The way the clouds had arranged themselves made it all seem quite natural, this artificial glow, being driven by [...]

Newspapers feeding on them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The main course whenever they find one, gluttonously consuming all, putting it on the front page in big skyscraper blocky capitals ‘ SCANDAL’. Unmissable, unmistakable. Klaxons, fire alarms and air raid sirens scream from the paragraphs. Quickly researched backgrounds also stand in skyscraper columns of print. [...]