The Geecologist

Boy

Boy

Oct 10, 2026 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

‘What on earth are they doing?’ I whispered. Thwaites didn’t answer me. I glanced at him. He had gone rather pale. ‘Too big,’ I heard Mrs Pratchett saying. ‘Much too big. It’s none of this lot. Let’s ‘ave a look at...
In The Heart of the Heart of the Country

In The Heart of the Heart of the Country

Oct 30, 2021 | Fiction

A PLACE So I have sailed the seas and come… to B…a small town fastened to a field in Indiana. Twice there have been twelve hundred people here to answer to the census. The town is outstandingly neat and shady, and always puts its best side to the highway. On one lawn...
Love In The Time Of Cholera

Love In The Time Of Cholera

Apr 26, 2017 | Fiction | 0 comments

The years of immobilized waiting, of hoping for good luck, were behind him, but on the horizon he could see nothing more than the unfathomable sea of imaginary illnesses, the drop-by-drop urinations of sleepless nights, the daily death at twilight. He thought that all the moments in the day, which had once been his allies and sworn accomplices, were beginning to conspire against him.

What Is The What?

What Is The What?

Jun 17, 2012 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

I realize that my mouth is soaked and the tape is no longer firmly attached. I blow, and to my surprise, the left half of the tape flaps away. I can speak if I want to speak. ‘Excuse me,’ I say. My voice is soft, much too quiet. There is no indication he hears me....
Brown

Brown

Jan 31, 2010 | Fiction | 0 comments

Of course, I did spare a thought for a little boy I’d seen earlier that day. He was kneeling on the other side of the street, sobbing away to himself. On the ground in front of him, a small white dog was lying dead. But I knew he’d soon get over it. After...