The Boatman
I felt pity for them. Their shapes silhouetted against the orange dance of the city aflame which licked at their heels like so many eager...
WELCOME TO N0MAD
Chapter 1:
'Troubl' Achieved second round in Bridport Prize Flash Fiction.
Highly Commended in the Writers' Forum Nov 2020 National Flash Fiction competition.
'Tea for Two' Short Story published in Swoop Books Anthology 'Ordinary People'.
'The Rider's Tale' NYC Midnight 2021 Short Story Comp Honourable Mention
'Smoke Signal' and 'Troubl' have both won Swoop's Flash Fiction Friday competition.
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Andrew f
- May 23
- 1 min
Confettiphobia
The pages stood jagged and torn, waving gently in the breeze from the open window. Bloody fingerprints scarred the remaining white pages....
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n0mad
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Cleaner
I know. I know what they’re like. All prim and proper to the world but I see them. Oh, yeees I know. I see them. I see him like butter...
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Andrew f
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Stay Cool
“Everyone, stay cool.” Stay cool? It’s 80 in the shade what’s this fool blathering about? The queue at the rank is moving slowly, she...
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n0mad
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Troubl
They spelled trouble. She could see the writing on the wall, long before anyone else. It was plain as day. Three foot tall and bold as...
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n0mad
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Peter Wilson
When the first thing you see when you open your eyes is the detritus of a London gutter, you know you've had a bad night. Cigarette butts...
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Andrew f
- Apr 7
- 9 min
The Rider’s Tale
Enclosed herewith is the strange tale of how Lady Wellerbry regained her sight but lost her vision. You will not believe it, of course,...
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n0mad
- Mar 31
- 2 min
De Orde
His hand hovered before he could surrender his signature to the page. The golden nib of the fountain pen poised above that neat row of...
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n0mad
- Mar 31
- 2 min
Three, Four, Two, Two, Two, Three.
Just three words. That was all it took. Three words that changed his life forever. He wasn’t prepared, but how can you be? He took a deep...
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n0mad
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Maple leaves over water.
An autumn day all red, gold, and yellow leaves sprinkling the pavement like discarded newspaper sheets. The days truncated by the low...
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n0mad
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Pulse
Why he chose this place I can’t imagine. Down some fowl back street in the East End. Bouncer on the door looking ominous. He hasn’t...
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n0mad
- Dec 16, 2020
- 7 min
Blind Fury
The anger boiled up inside her; it bubbles and steams until eventually, she will launch, roaring and soaring into the stratosphere. His...
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n0mad
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Smoke Signal
Sometimes you miss that one special person when you’re too busy looking for them. *** Josh’s hand swept his unruly hair back from his...
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n0mad
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Dogger
Loud music filled the room, making it hard to hear anything else. The whoop, whoop, whoop of Euro techno pulsed through the dingy...
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n0mad
- Nov 22, 2020
- 2 min
Soundproofing
The little shit. I saw you picking your nose and wiping it on my beautiful piano when you thought I wasn’t looking. No respect. None. I...
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n0mad
- Nov 14, 2020
- 8 min
Ordinary People: Lay-by
Headlights search the road. Rain mists the windscreen. Wipers smear, left, right, left, right, condensation fogs, the vision opaque. He’s...
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n0mad
- Nov 14, 2020
- 2 min
Saving Christmas
“I’m sooo skint.” Resting his head on his hands he leans on the bar, slowly rocking his head left to right as if trying to wake from a...
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n0mad
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Second Best
You’re better than this. You didn’t study for three years to be here. All those late nights and daytime tv shows to be back pushing...
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n0mad
- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Wedding Photo
The photograph looked gloomy, grubby and dog-eared as she held it up and matched it to the scene before her. A wedding is supposed to be...
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n0mad
- Nov 6, 2020
- 6 min
...inherit the earth.
“It’s an appalling tragedy, this eight-story factory owned by the global sportswear brand Tiker, has collapsed killing dozens of people...
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