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Inspired by that photograph in the Writers' Room
There was something dissatisfying about the way he had hung everything among the leaves. She thought it was the colours, the fact that the yellow that was not quite pure surrounded everything. She would have liked it better if the leaves had been lushly green, gleaming with summer. A bird alighted on a branch, pecking. Without knowing why, she was ( Read more... ) -
Love in Hexasyllables XXXIII: Lunch As A Solitary Pursuit
Today I learnt how hard ( Read more... ) -
Love in Hexasyllables XXXII: Les Maudits
Somehow our eyes will meet
over the bobbing heads,
under the strobing lights,
and we will step across
to begin our jointly
transient destiny
with a flute of champagne
for each of us. 'Alone?'
One question: I will be
rhetorically yours,
content to be wanted,
intoxicated by
the power that it brings;
the club will be too big
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The Countess
Hello, my dear child. How are you feeling? That was quite a bad fall you had outside the castle. I cannot understand why you went running off like that. I had the servants bring you in again, so the physician could take a look at you. It would be most upsetting if anything should have happened to you. It is just a scraped knee. Bloody, but if only ( Read more... ) -
The Lobby
Out of curiosity, how good are you at keeping secrets? Well, of course I'm talking to you. The bellhop and the concierge aren't exactly within earshot at the moment, are they? Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. It's just that I really need to tell someone about this right now, and I've only got a few minutes. Yes, I'm waiting for someone. ( Read more... ) -
Love in Hexasyllables XXXI: Higher Education
Teach me to be lonely ( Read more... ) -
Radio Play
This is a short five-minute radio play written according to the dictates of a series of sound effects I was given in class.
TYPING
Jacob: Dear Ralph, I received your letter yesterday. It was very good to hear from you again after all these years. How have you been? As you said, I would like to know all about what you have been up to since college. ( Read more... ) -
100, 99, 98...
Disclaimer: I wrote this while being made to count backwards from 100.We begin in a large house, dark and quiet. There is nothing about us, except the silence and darkness. We are afraid, but in a good way. Almost excited, waiting for something to happen, except we do not know what it is we want to transpire. We just want it to. Suddenly, a bird ( Read more... ) -
Mock Pitch
They Long To Be recounts the story of Cassandra, a young woman who wakes up one morning to find herself in an old Victorian manor in the company of a group of strangers, who all seem acquainted with each other, and more disturbingly, seem to know everything about Cassandra. They insist she is part of their family, and yet she has no memory of her ( Read more... ) -
Unlived Memories
For years, I've always known that I could do it. See people's futures. It's really easy if you've got the gift for it. When I look at your face, I don't just see who you are. I can also see, if I want to, who you could be. What does it look like? Well, you get sort of fuzzy and I'm bombarded by flashes of all the possible ways your life could turn ( Read more... )