Unbreakable Curse – Part 11 “I love you,” she said, sliding down her shoulders the strips of the nightgown that was still cladding her body. Edward, lying on the bed, felt a shiver down his spine. Even if the day hadn’t been that good, the evening was feeling promising, already. Their Sunday had been strange: […]
Unbreakable Curse – Part 10 Ding-Dong, Ding-Dong The previous time Ed had been in Mrs Turner apartment he hadn’t had to ring the bell, and so the old-style bells played by a speaker close to the door – a strange touch of modernity in what was otherwise a building with an overwhelming stench of oldness […]
Unbreakable Curse – Part 9 “I believe you, and I’ll need your help!” His confession, the evening before, had created the effect he had hoped. Maggie had appeared at his side from the early morning the day afterwards, and they had spoken and cuddled while the dawn slowly coloured the world, until it was time […]
Slightly Untuned As long as he could remember, Leon had never liked to be among unknown people. He had never liked parties too much; he had never liked to go to the cinema – closed in such a tigh space with nowhere to run – or to the disco. But there was an exception to […]
Slightly Untuned – Part 5 – End His car had never felt so slow, like that night. The sky was already dark, and the dispersed clouds covered the thin sickle that was left of the moon. The sparse lights along the road blurred away as he speeded in the short stretch of highway that connected […]