Archives for: "October 2017"
Old English
Kim and her boyfriend split up earlier this year, so she asked me if I'd like to take the latter's place at Penrith for The Winter Droving. more »
In my underwear, I am surrounded by firemen
A repeated thumping from downstairs in the middle of the night; then, from my kitchen, a calm but loud male voice announces, "we're in." In one of those pacific intervals of insouciance that often precede great difficulties, I lay abed, turning over how… more »
You are cancelled
Karen cancels our dinner date for the third time. The night before, I text her to ask if she's still coming, and she says that she'll let me know. On the day, I ask her again, as gently as I can phrase it. "Don't know if you're still ok to come round… more »
I used to fuck your mum
Karen, her unhinged friend, and me, in the pub, our table accreting with a community of the uninteresting. more »
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