Four Thousand Weeks
Rather than taking ownership of our lives, we seek out distractions, or lose ourselves in busyness...
Category: Truth & Lies
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Open Arms His face turned to me now, and I could not draw a breath. I thought for a moment that my...
Crossroads
“I never liked Santa Claus. I thought he was scary and creepy. I had a problem with him. But...
Waterlog
There is no anti-depressant quite like sea-swimming, and Holkham is where I usually go when I’m...
Damned If I Do
The Appropriation of Cultures “What in the world do you need a truck for?” Sarah asked. She...
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Ranchagoda steps towards Jaki, who is hugging the box and backing away. ‘This belongs to Maali. He...
The Passenger
You dont know what you’re talking about. It’s all gibberish. Yeah? Well just remember whose hand...
Freak Show
aka America, Seen Through Photographs, Darkly As Walt Whitman gazed down the democratic vistas of...
The Aerodrome
“Mother you held me on your knee. Mother you worked for me. Mother, you taught me to toddle....
Wind, Sand and Stars
They are not searching for us yet, or, to be more precise, they are searching elsewhere for us....
The Penelopiad
It was stupid of Icarius to try to drown the daughter of a naiad, however. Water is our element,...
Ways of Seeing
Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak. But there is also...
