There’s a measure of forgetfulness in every glass but if you need a whole bottle then there ain’t never enough.
Archives for 2011
Glyphs
This is CAPITAL CITY: a gridlock in monospace. Here the acronyms flourish, superstructures unLtd.
DW Wilson wins BBC National Short Story Award
UEA writer DW (Dave) Wilson has been announced as the winner of this year’s BBC National
Short Story Award. Dave (pictured) won the £15,000 prize for his story ‘The Dead Roads’, which was written during his MA year and is included in his de…
Publish & Be Damned
Richard Beard writes entertainingly on the trials and tribulations of getting published.
Closer
The first morning I waited only a few minutes, catching his slight limp and the turn of his shoulders…
England, Why England?
Early morning I disembarked from my flight and met Nanny at Heathrow. We drove down the M3 toward Southampton. It was raining, of course.
State of Things
A couple sit in silence in their small, dark living room. MIKE, 58, is reading a television listings magazine which rests on his paunch.
Carnival Girls
The tacky looking High Street of an old suburban market town in decline. Lampposts are draped in shabby Christmas – but not Christian specific – decorations
Supermen
A dot appears in the sky across from veg-a-mart supermarket. The dot gets larger accompanied by a hum.
Compound Education
The air is heavy with dust and moisture as it nears mid-day. Picnic tables, alcoves and distant Portakabins interrupt the expanse.