Fiction
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A Cool Head
She has been here for three days. Three solitary days of watching and waiting. Sleep has been a problem, snatched naps, little Bo-Peeps, nodding. She has kept it at bay with the Pro Plus, but now it is wearing thin. Her concentration fluctuates, her mind feels like it is pulled tight and thin over the…
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Claw and Fang Night
The bright full moon shone through the window like a searchlight. Its harsh blue light illuminating the room and throwing pitch dark shadows where its fingers failed to reach. I had awoken with a jerk, the moonlight in my face, bright enough to perturb my vision through closed eyelids. Had I failed to keep track…
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On the Spot
Short story submitted to the Mogford Prize 2020 Chef stands grandly and full-bodied in the middle of his domain, his kitchen. Smoothing the crisply starched linen over his ample frame, tweaking his moustache and adjusting, again, his high pleated toque. The kitchen door bursts open and the waiter scurries in. ‘Two at table three didn’t…
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Santa’s Hype Cycle
A seasonal cautionary fairytale for technology companies in five lessons