Chapter 1
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Looking at the tubes connected to her frail, wizened body, I felt a terrible cloying sickness inside me.
Death wasn’t something I wanted to contemplate. She was going to die: no question. The only question was how soon and how painfully. And how much would I let it affect me.
Entries from October 2007
The Long Kiss Goodbye
October 12th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Stories · You couldn't make it up
Alchemy revisited
October 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I wrote a very short story (just under 250 words) in response to a challenge that Roberta had set.
My story was called Alchemy.
I’ve just had another look (and listen) to it today because I’ve been fixing the feed for iTunes podcasts. I updated my version of Podpress a while back and it stopped working properly. [...]
Tags: Stories · audio fiction · short fiction
Why me?
October 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
It seems that the stigma will follow me forever. I don’t really know why.
Why me?
What did I do to deserve this?
Of course I blame my parents. It was their fault really. Sometimes life deals you a lousy hand and you just have to go with it. Sometimes your life’s over before you begin, really.
But none [...]
Tags: Stories · short fiction