The Leopard
I thought he would never change. After 17 years with a man that refuses to use a towel in favour of leaving puddles all around the flat, thinks moving things around in the bathroom constitutes cleaning...
View ArticleMaria and James
Once upon a time there lived a girl called Maria. She was charming and beautiful and everything that could have been expected of her. She went to school, and did tolerably well, but that didn’t really...
View ArticleThe Ceremony
He had been one of us. We trailed towards the river in a long mournful parade. He was already there. I could see his red hair flaming on the banks, surrounded by the sombre brown of the leaders. I...
View ArticleLove Affair
7 January 2012 It was all so glamorous. He was rakish and handsome and I was timid and in awe. I just couldn’t believe that he’d looked at me. No, that’s not true. I just assumed he’d seen my true...
View ArticleSpurned
8 January 2012 And that was it. The next day she behaved like nothing happened. She sat with him at breakfast, holding hands. Later I heard them fucking through the wall. I realised then that it had...
View ArticleThe First Conversation
9 January 2012 ‘How could you do this to me?’ He shrugged, looking out of the window. ‘Can’t you even look at me?’ He dragged his eyes over to her. ‘I can understand you might not want to be with me...
View ArticleThe Leopard
He swore it would be different with you. Yes, he’d behaved like a wanker in the past, but that was because he just wasn’t with the right girl. You. Now he was, he would be so different. He just knew...
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