I do not wish to speak ill of life while I see her drying her hair and the coffee tastes so good. Outside the sky is winter-cold but clear and the buildings go up and up, all across the city. Last night, when we left the cinema and crossed the river, watching the tourist bargesContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘I Do Not Wish’”
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100-Word Fiction: ‘We Will/Not’
We will prevail We will not back down We will be judged We will not judge We will be hated We will not hate We will tolerate We will not be tolerated We will watch as others take up arms We will not lift a finger We will love others While others will not loveContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘We Will/Not’”
100-Word Fiction: ‘See You!’
They can see through your clothes. Christ. They see your bollocks and everything – all beamed to security in high definition. Every pimple, every crease of your kecks. And your lass, they’ll look at her too. Long and lingering. And the kiddies. It’s not right. There’s nothing we can do though. They want to knowContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘See You!’”
100-Word Fiction: My Name Is Tony
My name is Tony. I come from a family of actors, shipyard workers and grocers. My father worked as a tax inspector and became a law lecturer at one of the country’s most esteemed universities. I studied law too and graduated with a second class degree. But I always had higher ambitions. I have faith,Continue reading “100-Word Fiction: My Name Is Tony”
100-Word Fiction: A Change of Climate
Version 1: As soon as the show was over the room rose as one and began to applaud. Looking around, he could see all the delegates were smiling. He was smiling too, though his thoughts needed to settle. It had been a highly charged drama but worth it. Version 2: At the end, when theirContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: A Change of Climate”
100-Word Fiction: Soon
He lit a cigarette, pressed up against the wall, sheltering from the freezing air. The cigarette would warm him. Taxis and buses clattered along the street, which was still wet from the rain. There were voices and laughter from inside the pub. It was packed. Always was at this time of year. So tiring. SoContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: Soon”
100-Word Fiction: ‘Dust to Dust’
It never got dark any more. At night, streetlight would filter through the blinds and cast shadows on the walls. You lay awake, wondering how long it would be before you would fall asleep. You remembered nights of total darkness but they were gone. Now everything was fuzzy and grey. People didn’t sleep much. TheyContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘Dust to Dust’”
100-Word Fiction: ‘Round the Table’
The men had gathered round a table so shiny that, had they wanted to see themselves, they would need only to have looked at its polished surface. But they didn’t. Instead they looked at each other warily. One frowned. Another blushed. Another grinned. We are not here to judge, said one: We are here toContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘Round the Table’”
100-Word Fiction: ‘Panda Eyes’
She had panda eyes. Huge and dark. They would twinkle when he watched her and they were mournful too. People said she was cute but he thought she was stronger, tougher than that. It was just those moments when suddenly she would lower her head and she looked like the most lost and lovely andContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘Panda Eyes’”
100-Word Fiction: ‘Wild’
As the leaves were ripped from the trees one wild weekend, and a paper cup scuttled down the street, and the clouds were driven by, and the concrete towered high, and the feathers of a hat were bowed, and the sound of drums echoed, and the rifles saluted, and the cannons rolled, and the crowdsContinue reading “100-Word Fiction: ‘Wild’”
MW Bewick 