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Samuel Best

Samuel Best

Baggage

A short story about travel, terrorism, and airport drinking.

Mar 24, 2020

Baggage

Mar 24, 2020

Samuel Best

Ammit

It began with a flash of lightning, far out at sea, though it would end in a different kind of tempest. I was stood in my garden calling…

Aug 14, 2019

Ammit

Aug 14, 2019

Samuel Best

La Forêt

The night was calm and still, a light fog creeping through the forest towards the open field André was watching. The drop was late. He was…

Nov 27, 2018

La Forêt

Nov 27, 2018

Samuel Best

Haunted Shore

When I was a boy, maybe eight or nine years old, I would often trek the long walk through farmers’ fields down to the little beach. That…

Oct 25, 2018

Haunted Shore

Oct 25, 2018

Samuel Best

The Tall House

The only sounds were the boy’s tapping footsteps and the occasional swirl of wind. Orange leaves spun past him, then a new noise began: a…

Sep 17, 2018

The Tall House

Sep 17, 2018

Samuel Best

Heatwave

When the heatwave started we flocked to the beaches, the parks, the beer gardens. Two weeks, the forecast predicted. Two weeks of suntans…

Aug 13, 2018

Heatwave

Aug 13, 2018

Samuel Best

Serial

I don’t know why I return to the scenes of crimes. I suppose you could analyse it and say something about enjoying the chaos, the disorder…

Jul 12, 2018

Serial

Jul 12, 2018

Samuel Best

Florida

The argument had started the same day they moved in. An old song with new lyrics.

Jun 10, 2018

Florida

Jun 10, 2018

Samuel Best

Swans

The boy had a glass bottle in one hand and a rock in the other. Like a tennis player, he tested the weight of the rock before…

May 17, 2018

Swans

May 17, 2018

Samuel Best

Samuel Best

Storywriter. Novel 'Shop Front' published by Fledgling Press. Founded Octavius Magazine and Aloe. http://samuelbest.weebly.com

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