by Mark Reece | 10 Sep 2020
Frivolity - Excerpt Jake’s original plan had been to play Cubes on his own until he became good enough to go on-line, but somehow, he did not seem to get any better. He had watched dozens of strategy videos but could never replicate what he saw. The game was...
by Mark Reece | 10 Sep 2020
Half a Cake - Excerpt Joe had worked long hours in the weeks before he went to the café, and had reached such a level of exhaustion that he looked forward to any small pleasure. When he arranged to meet his friend Bob one Friday lunchtime, taking a break for the...
by Mark Reece | 9 Sep 2020
Talk in Riddles - Excerpt When Jack was woken by the heat of the sun, he sat up as if he had been poked. The sensation had become alien in his week off work as during that time and he had been roused by his neighbour, Ellie, knocking on his bedroom window and...
by Mark Reece | 9 Sep 2020
The Diary - Excerpt Monday 15 April I buy a diary every year, but this is the first time I’ve used one for ages. They’ve piled up at the side of my bed, making it harder and harder to get up. Recently, I’ve had something to write about for the first time in a...
by Mark Reece | 29 Aug 2020
A Meeting of Strangers - Excerpt When the man sat beside the woman on the train, he made everyone nearby look at her in sympathy when he clumsily swung his carrier bag into her knee with a metallic clang. “Sorry, darlin’”, he said, taking out a can of beer. It...
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