Six-Word Stories: No. 3
Congratulations! I blanch, knowing I’m impotent. Derek Thompson
Congratulations! I blanch, knowing I’m impotent. Derek Thompson
‘Oh for goodness sake, Mother, he’s a famous lepidopterist, he identified hundreds of species of moth when he was working in the Amazonian basin, he… Oh hell!’ Sally stood in the telephone box… Read More
‘Christ, what was that?’ Frank doesn’t answer but turns over, pulling the duvet with him. I roll out of bed and peek through the blinds. ‘Sounded like a car back firing.’ ‘Not on… Read More
‘Jesus … what the hell’s she got on?’ John looks round, then whispers, ‘She’s done a Jordan!’ The hotel’s not my idea of a wedding venue. I can still smell this morning’s bacon,… Read More
The air is warm, for the first time this year. The sun is shining. He pauses and she realises he has led her to the kitchen shop. Like a bower bird outside his… Read More
Ramses the First stared out the palace window, surveying the vast flat desert plain in the distance where his mausoleum was going to be. The sandy site was huge, stretching as far as… Read More
10:05 am, Walcot Street. The Christmas decorations are dangling and pointless in January daylight. She waits for him at the bottom of the steps. A thin band of ice contracts around her chest.… Read More
His betrayer he never knew. The radio and explosives were quickly found. But neither stone-faced men in grey nor the terror of interrogation could break him; he breathed no word. Blindfolded, he sensed… Read More
‘I think part of your problem, Steven, is that, on some levels, you don’t want to change.’ ‘That’s ridiculous. I have to. People expect me to.’ ‘Ah ah ah! Now, what did we… Read More
‘Good morning, sir. Can I help?’ ‘I wish to buy lucky pants. Girl I chat in bar yesterday say “no” when I ask… you know. She laugh and say Dmitri not wearing lucky… Read More
