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A ridiculous story
Posted on July 16, 2026 Leave a Comment
For those who don’t know me, I’m Fluffy. That’s my name. Yes, I’m a dog. Speaking of names, my former owner had a most unusual one. He swore me to secrecy, which was puzzling. Whom was I going to tell? And how? It was a mouthful, so I called him Bob. He had magic powers. […]
Heaven or Hell?
Posted on March 27, 2026 Leave a Comment
An explosion smashes into me; the world becomes fuzzy and blips to black. Then the lights come back on. But the world has changed. I am no longer on a street corner trying to hail a taxi. I am alone on open, empty land I don’t recognise. A gentle breeze brings distant singing, but I […]
Beethoven’s Big Day
Posted on December 5, 2025 Leave a Comment
May 7, 1824. Beethoven wakes up, always at the same time. His head is heavy. It feels like red wine from yesterday evening is still swirling about inside him. He struggles out of bed, opens the window and looks out. Yes, the bells are swinging back and forth, yes, he cannot hear them. He remembers […]
Snow White – in the mirror
Posted on April 29, 2025 Leave a Comment
The mirror’s version of Snow White
Nihal – a poor man
Posted on April 14, 2025 Leave a Comment
Nihal knows that ruthless rain is finding every little hole, crack and crevice in the roof and walls of his tiny hut on the bank of the smelly canal that marks the city’s southern boundary. On his haunches in the middle of the single room hut, he regards his wife and four children, bunched up […]
Confronting violence
Posted on June 7, 2024 Leave a Comment
I walked along a footpath on the side of a suburban road in the heart of Colombo. I glanced at my watch and looked up at the sky, splashed with vivid red, orange and yellow, the colours of sunset. At six-thirty, night had begun to elbow out dusk. It wouldn’t take long to complete the […]
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper
Posted on June 4, 2024 Leave a Comment
A book that removed the bandage from modern Australia’s festering sore. In 2004 on Palm Island in Australia’s deep north, 36-year-old Cameron Doomadgee was arrested for swearing at a white police officer. Forty minutes later he lay dead in the jailhouse. Police said he tripped, but his ruptured liver could not be attributed to a […]
Elizabeth
Posted on May 3, 2024 Leave a Comment
Elizabeth is a tall, stately Englishwoman. She is not young; she is not old. It is difficult to place her age. The harsh climate has creased her face and blemished her white skin, but it does not mask a glowing serenity. She speaks English with an accent that reveals a privileged, upper-class background. Her grey-streaked […]
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