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Grapple
“How can you grapple with what consumes you?” She asks, her face creasing in bemusement. I had said the phrase with such pride, deep resonance and high…
Adam
Feb 16
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A Can of Fizzy Pop
Ermintrude was her name - she did not know why her parents had inflicted this upon her. But still she struggled gamely on, through every school register…
Adam
Feb 8
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Tablecloth
I am in a room with several others - it might be 7, it might be 9, I’m not sure and I can’t be bothered to count. It’s definitely not an even number - I…
Adam
Feb 5
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January 2023
On Doodling
Doodling is always fun - sometimes useful, often not. But utility is unimportant, for there exists no moment that is not enhanced by the taking out of a…
Adam
Jan 16
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December 2022
Christmas Day
Christmas Day is arrogant and lazy. Christmas Day is arrogant and lazy - all the preceding days do the actual graft. It will be mid-December for me…
Adam
Dec 24, 2022
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Take Them to the Wood
How to describe a place to someone who has never been there, how to set the scene. Because it is vital that they feel as I felt when I was up through…
Adam
Dec 13, 2022
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November 2022
Egg Under Pedal
I am driving a car - I don’t know how. I can barely open a door or hold a steering wheel, let alone sit and talk and arch my back with the confidence…
Adam
Nov 22, 2022
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Number 1
I was startled to discover that the number 1 bus actually exists. Buses should have numbers such as 83, 176, 214 or maybe 47 if you’re being generous…
Adam
Nov 17, 2022
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Dolores II
“Only write when you’re hungover,” Dolores tell me when I’m hungover one morning. Alright, I think, and set about it. I am adventurous in my…
Adam
Nov 15, 2022
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October 2022
Dolores I
“How big a cake will you have on your wedding day?” Dolores asked me in a dream one night.
Adam
Oct 8, 2022
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September 2022
The Blinking Cursor
The blinking cursor blights the writer. Dickens Bronte Wordsworth Shelley or any others you might care to name in our tongue could finish and know it…
Adam
Sep 22, 2022
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Archive: Build-Up to an Overtake
Finishing up some new stories - popping this up in the meantime as I read it aloud a couple of weeks ago.
Adam
Sep 19, 2022
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