With the light of the moon reflecting upon the watchful eyes of the animals, my feet carried me towards her as if the ground were made not of asphalt but sparkling white ice. With the cat transferred from her arms to her feet, she subconsciously crossed herself as the onset of tears threatened to get… Read more

She held onto Bertie as tightly as possible. It was almost as though if she didn’t she would somehow float away, which if you think about it wasn’t entirely out of the question. Her eyes were as wide as saucers, and although she was trying not to, she felt herself fighting away the tears. It… Read more

As time momentarily ceased its wicked game, I stood there in the heat of her gaze. Naked. Just bones. Less than bones, a soul squirming before the watchful eye of God. She was still my girl, and I was still her boy, and even though we were older, and our bodies had begun their gradual… Read more

Searching the faces of those that moved about her, it seemed as if time were somehow slowing down, for the limbs and voices that had been in constant motion were beginning to lose their zest. As a cool breeze blew her locks of hair this way and that, they spilled before her eyes, and as… Read more

In a crowd of laughing children clutching the strings of shiny, bouncing balloons, I searched the faces rolling in from every direction. The lights from the rides flashed upon them revealing smiles of different shapes and sizes, and yet none of them touched me in a way I wished they would. With the beat of… Read more

X approached the fairground much the same as she’d done the night before. Only a single day had passed, yet to her, it felt like a lifetime. As the animals moved between the oblivious faces going back and forth between the numerous rides and food stalls, she clutched a tired Bertie who gave a muffled… Read more

The sun began its slow descent, and the moon soon shone in its place. All around me there were people. They made their people noises, but I didn’t take any notice. What I saw was the Ferris wheel, and what I felt were the numerous versions of myself aligning after so many years of being… Read more

Running barefooted down the dusty track, X held onto a bemused looking Bertie as tight as she could. He was trying to meow his secrets to her but was far too tired after his long trip from the apartment block where they lived. It was okay though, for all about them the other cats were… Read more

As the crow flies, I flew down a maze of streets and skipped across pristine lawns not knowing where I was yet guided by the scent of cotton candy that grew more intoxicating the further I moved into the outskirts of the bubbling city. Buildings rose from the ashes of what had come before, and… Read more