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Football
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1 minuteI can’t help but notice the stars are shining. I take a walk past the football ground. Here’s hoping for a good season. I sit on the front step. The shutters are down and there is no one around. I remember coming here as a…
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Penalty
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1 minuteHe closed the door and walked up the hall. The smell of the Chinese food made him salivate a little. Plate, beer, couch. TV on. He found a match, didn’t know the teams but the skill level was good enough. It would do. He looked…
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Baggy Trousers
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1 minuteThe sun is setting behind the houses across the road. The dunes, the grass and the waves breaking on the shore. I’m looking at empties and a full ashtray. It’s got colder as the shadows have grown and she’s moved closer so that we are…
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Breathe
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1 minuteHe left the papers on the desk and stepped away from the light of the monitor. Stood at the back door as the rain stopped. He took a sip but the tea had gone cold. Put the mug down on the counter by the microwave.…
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Miserable Bastards Hedgehog Salvation
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3 minutesA free chapter from Miserable Bastards. One day. Cheap drink, friendship, and the small mercies. Mikey arrives a wee while later, looking like he had walked through a hedgerow and had a fight with a rampant badger. Frank’s eyebrow goes up as he looks from…
