She had swerved to miss an antelope and now the electrics on her car had crashed. Rain started to fall. She did not want to stand alone in the road but she knew she needed help. She turned the wheel. The car stayed still. All around her was darkness. She hadn’t passed another car on … Continue reading
Footsteps Falling
Wander with Mary as she walks in black out of the night There is nothing more dangerous than love. See her here Continue reading
Penny dials 911
The one person I thought I could help I have failed and she has fallen into the night. All I can hope for is a miracle to stop the attacks. I feel responsible for the safety of hundreds of people in the city tonight. As I get closer to the scene of the crime … Continue reading
Penny’s Periscope Panacea
PENNY STRUGGLES WITH THE TRUTH She called a helpline from a public phone about the stolen phone. She walked as far as her flip flops would take her. Her own phone could not find the website. Penny felt crushed. She tried her own phone again. Forcing the new SIM had definitely broken the insides. She … Continue reading
Penny peaks around the corner
She hated walking home alone. It gave her time to dwell on things. Everything was falling apart. She tried to use social media to save her world. She held her new phone tight in her hand to ward off dark looks from passers by. It wasn’t working. Nothing was working out. The man in the … Continue reading
Resilient Snow
It was going to be OK. There was resilience in the numbness and it felt fine. Continue reading
Empty barrel
He moves slowly. First she sees him as a shadow. Then the sound of his shoes are loud. She stops walking and the noise is gone. She cannot detect how close he is. The tone of his breath is drowned by the howl of the wind through the burnt out rail carriage. She was lost … Continue reading
Slow Rain Falling
The bomb blast turned the car over. Oil from the tank trickled down the road moving gravel with it. The sea of stones was silenced by the sound of the explosion held in the air. The flames got taller scraping the few clouds that hung around. Looking at the fire muddled her thoughts as the … Continue reading
Patterns in the Stone
She looks for patterns. Something regular that will hold her in the spot. She wants something to show her if she has been this way before. A stone that is grounded would give her control over her days. Life was challenging and there was no relief to the chronic mystery she felt as she knew … Continue reading
When the Noises Go Off
New to the neighbourhood and from a good home she pulled up onto the driveway hoping for support off the residents. She had a busy life, a good career and she wanted to keep it that way. For this to work she would need ideas on who can help her with taking the trash out … Continue reading