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The Width of a Street
I sometimes put myself back in that moment, eke it out as long as I can. Play with the prospect of turning away, going back ...
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The Break-In
Tom calls me up in the middle of the night, frantic. “Someone’s broken into my flat, the alarm company called, can you go make sure everything’s ... -
The Return of Rose White
When Madame Veneris reached the cemetery, the first thing she did, after getting out of her car and setting down the blue blanket and candle, ... -
Banbury Anytime Single
A man, let’s call him Len, approaches a set of four seats on a small commuter train at Marylebone. Two of the four seats are ... -
There Is Always Someone Up to Something, Somewhere.
No way will I tell her about my walks. About tonight’s walk in particular. How it happens. How I can’t stand him. I can’t stand ... -
Promises You Can Keep
Pete leant on the washing machine, catching his breath, looking around. It was a big kitchen. Big and empty and incomplete, caught between one age ... -
Walter
We didn’t usually ignore him. That would mean being irresponsible, and we were responsible homeowners—with a little help. Walter kept things running like a tight ... -
Like the Robot in Buck Rogers
Nan may as well have been dead. She was on the sofabed in the front room. Sprawled, but rigid. Her hands were claw-like, yellowed and ... -
The Uncanny Valley
The metal plating had a nice polished chrome finish so that when I looked down at its bald cranium, I could see the whole kitchen ... -
Terrestrial, 2115.
Aliens arrive in the Milky Way, park their spacecraft in a circle around planet Earth. The United Nations attempts to find out what they want, ... -
Advanced Technique for Breathing
When he was growing up, his mother always told him to take a deep breath, hold it for as long as he could, then let ... -
Behold, the Raisin.
Tahrir Square is back to normal. It is morning, and trucks, cars and taxis zoom around the traffic circle, none slowing for pedestrians. Young men ... -
An Honest Cup of Coffee
Once a student at a university decided he’d spend a year studying overseas in a country he’d read about but never visited. He flew to ... -
The Sausage Class
After sausage link number three (mild Italian), they’d stopped angling for meat action, and now Marisa stood back, allowing other students to huddle around the ... -
Blackberry Picking
Sonia called for Martha on the way to school. As she went into the shop, all she could see of her friend was a shadow ... -
The Hollywood
Last year, a new shopping centre opened on the outskirts of London. There’s something for everyone: expensive shit, cheap shit, mid-priced shit, all laid out ... -
Dream Gun
The kid reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a semi-automatic, cocks it, and points it at me. “Give me your money credit card ... -
Hairspray
Pianotown smelled like hairspray. The courthouse was yellow and wrapped in vinyl siding. Summers in Pianotown started cool in the morning but climbed to heat ... -
Birthday Americana
One. I’m in a yellow highchair, the same color as the sculpted carpet. In front of me is a cake, frosted to look like flower ... -
Remex and Rectrix
‘That’s what girls with powerful fathers do.’ A slave for ever dilutes with dignity the fiction of love. The truth of this is spectacular. That ...