Team Building

When Marni had first started in Implementation she’d been excited that there was a…

Yves Klein Blue

There it was. A colour so impossibly rich and vibrant it took her breathe away. Stopping her in her tracks, she stared at it, into…

And for my next trick

I sit on the edge of the sofa, sipping my tea, listening. You retell vivid and cruel stories: your absent parents; the…

The last biscuit

Lucy: Hi! John, isn’t it? Hi! The kettle’s just boiled. Are you having tea? Coffee? Can I pass you something?

The boomerang dish

Whenever she thought of her death, which she did often, she’d look around her beautiful room full of beautiful possessions…

Living alone

Bippity bip. “Don’t forget me”, sang the fridge, too chirpily given the circumstances. Despite its calls for attention, the milk…

Stormy Waters

We were feral. Our days were filled with adventures. While our mom worked, we’d slip out of the window, away from under the watchful…

Life: a guide

She was never one for reading the manual. Impatient, she would only ever scan the quick-start guides: filing heavy instructions…

A ship is safe in the harbour, but that’s not what ships are for

Act I

The Devil You Know

Two forests and a river appeared at the foot of the stairs of the flats where she lived.