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Silently, aiming for weightlessness, Eleanor moved to the edge and lifted the blanket. The parquet floor was chill underfoot. She skirted the end of the bed, feeling with her hand ...
We were going at our Korean takeout with chopsticks, my boyfriend and I, when he looked up at me and exclaimed, ‘I have it – I know how attraction works!’
Although ...
In the beginning, we soared. We knew the crackle of constellations, the heat of worlds unborn. Our coupling was cosmic. He said it was in the stars.
Delicately, he probed me, ...
He decided that April was the right time to look back. Just as the year was awakening from winter he drove down by the grotto and the saw mill and ...
I’m a writer, or at least I used to be. My first novel was short-listed for three prizes. My second won one and my third ended up on the ‘3 ...
The man and the boy step off the grey street, up two shallow steps and into the barber’s empty waiting room. The man looks through another doorway to a further ...
I was in love once, of course. It was years and years ago, and I only decided it was love when it was over, because I spent the winter in ...
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Hi this is Duncan I’m not by my phone at the moment or maybe I’m busy, anyway leave me a message and I’ll get back to you. Thanks.
Duncan, I’m here. ...
Mikey and Ruth live in a semi-detached house with three bedrooms.
Ruth and Mikey do not need anybody else, for they are so in love. Nothing else matters except being together. ...
By Louie Stowell, 2011.
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Event Listings, February 2011
From Egyptian mummies to the daddy of folk, via French farce and classical music, there’s so much more to February than hearts and flowers. Wander lonely as ...