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A Failed Attempt to Impress Someone
And other misguided efforts.
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Instrumental.
People seated in corn-like rows. A trigger for that sense deep within the human psyche — born from the same history and instinct which…
Andrew Roberts
Aug 23, 2018
Tension.
Two figures, smudged into pastel indistinction by the river’s mist, slowly converge at the bridge’s centre. Through the dazzle of the…
Andrew Roberts
Aug 23, 2018
Orientation.
Having puzzled through the university’s labyrinthine corridors you find yourself — assuming deciphering of your own handwriting — in the…
Andrew Roberts
Aug 23, 2018
‘On the High Art of Killing’
The Artist gave one last glance over his finished masterpiece, then nodded, satisfied that it was his best work yet. As he turned to leave…
Andrew Roberts
Aug 23, 2018
The Taikonaut, the Astronaut and the Cosmonaut.
Look to the stars and you might just be able to see them, a point of light amongst thousands. Our heroes: voyaging concentric orbital…
Andrew Roberts
Aug 23, 2018
Space Enough.
‘I just need some space,’ are the last words I hear from her before she leaves for good.
Andrew Roberts
Aug 23, 2018
Catharsis.
The playwright stumbles home drunk, belly half-full of tequila shots and half-full of shame. She flops down on her misshapen bed, too large…
Andrew Roberts
Aug 23, 2018
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