Some time ago I stayed up all night and wrote 8000 words of fiction and I have read back on it or proofread it but here it is. From memory, it is about pub trivia… Continue reading
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The Overtakings — A Short (+ True) Story
Patrick wrote a short (+true) story on Twitter! Come in to enjoy this Lorde- and Edgar Allen Poe-inspired masterpiece! Continue reading
Festival Blues: A Short Story of Alienation
Patrick entered this short story in a competition and never heard back so he assumed he hadn’t won. He read it again two years later and thought it was pretty good. Good enough to be published here at least. Continue reading
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Written c. July 2007. (CP: This is a work of short fiction.) The alarm woke me and the three o’clock news began emanating throughout the bedroom. The trains are running late, there’s an election coming up, Arsenal lost again this morning. I turned the radio off and packed up the junk from last night into … Continue reading
Sleeping With Nicolas
Written c. September 2005. (CP: This is a work of short fiction. It won a university literature award.) After a few nights he insisted that the window be left open so that he could hear the water. The wind would come through the flyscreen with a surreptitious whistle, hypnotising us in our stupor. The added … Continue reading
