Protected: City of Legions Chapter 9: bloody Shakespeare [draft]

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Protected: City of Legions Chapter 8: a new man [draft]

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Light flooded Sarah’s apartment. Floor to ceiling windows pressed in the heat of the afternoon. Returning from work she placed her mail on a pebble like silver dish atop the granite countertop with her long fingers and then flipped open her thin computer by the nook. The white notebook woke up. Her boyfriend, Carl, was…

Tea leaves

Warm sunshine cradled the room. Surrounded by greenery and glass, a light breeze weakly struggled to escape. By sitting quite still, the cat could recover memories of a world lost; the memories were faint and elusive, forcing the cat to pause. The light breeze calmly slipped inside, disappearing somewhere, perhaps up the tan wooden stairs.…

The Present

Bright cold air greeted him this morning as he set out to work. He was undisturbed by the usual barking of dogs. They had the sense on a day like this to stay inside, folded between blankets like the Christmas flyers that entered his home, hiding, in the middle of his newspaper. A storm had…

Winter’s china

“Yes, may I help you?” He was attracted by the elegant restraint of the store. Dark wood window displays quietly invited him to examine the dishes and cups nestled neatly inside in a leisurely manner. A pale blue milk jug filled with dried country flowers rested agreeably beside a finely carved wooden decoy duck inside…

Moving in

He grasped the central beam which separated the two sides of his window. Streaks of white paint on the edges of the glass attested to an earlier owner’s attempt at repainting the frame. The wooden frame had a metal pull at the centre of the bottom which was fastened by two flat screws. This too…

diversions: short story

In a further, so far vain, attempt to elicit some comments from the many visitors to this blog, I will try once again with another short story for your amusement. Needless to say, I would be grateful for any comments.❧The PresentBright cold air greeted him this morning as he set out to work. He was…