Thursday, 1 July 2010

The past is a foreign country

Oops

 

 

Every May the photograph would arrive. Always in a plain envelope but postmarked from different cities. It told him that someone remembered the day of the opening when he arrived drunk with his trousers around his ankles. He put it with the others – a thank-you that he was still ‘clean.’

 

Random Word: Thank-you

    

 

 

 

   


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Hunting season starts

shocked vicar

 

The man dripping mud asked the vicar, ‘I’m after me dog.’

‘Animals have no place here.’

‘Ee fellow before ye said nowt when he buried us.’

 

Random Word: Misoneism

 

 


Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Wortharead Wednesday #9

This is a Twitter story that caught my eye this week. Click on the heading if you want to visit the story site. Or the date stamp to go direct to the story.

short horror storiesDeadEndFiction

He was USA. She was UK. They argued over words. He kept knives and rope in the trunk of his car. She kept his body in the boot of hers.

11:45 AM Jun 23rd via web


Supermarket Performance Protest

Meat is murder

 

‘I consider it the ultimate performance – staving in the midst of plenty. It’s a metaphor for the shameful treatment of our African brothers.’

Wilma, cool as ice , said, ‘Fine with me, it’s good publicity for our new slimming lines.’

Both thought, I’ll give her a day at most.

 

Random Word: Ice 


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Tuesday, 29 June 2010

he had me at hello

Confused loveI thought it was love
as my spine tingled tangled
at your finger touch
yet you walked on by and brushed
red lips that had once kissed mine

I stared back at her
a patch plastered on the crack
that would bring you back
but you never called again
to see why I hugged you tight

 

Random Word: Patch


remission

your face a death mask
as the breast is ripped apart
to make cancer late
you get on with the party
but I wait for the knocked door

Monday, 28 June 2010

Yeah, honey something special just for you

Car Dump

New cars parked next to his rusting Chevrolet Caprice was bad news. Aaron felt they rubbed in that he had lost everything driving away from her laughing protests and Bill’s embarrassed ‘Sorry mate.’ That he used the cars as a public can was understandable but never yet to the owners.

 Random Word: New Car