I’d been dead for five years by the time I decided to stick my head back above the edge of the shallow grave that was Boise, Idaho. Why I did it, I don’t know. Being dead had been good to me, far better than life ever had. My postmortem existence […]
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ET and Waco did mount up the sled shaking off cold and giving out dread in neon red camo they went out to ride with drinks in their hands and guns at their sides ‘Farewell’ cried the kiddies, their Ma and the rest ‘don’t come back deaded, our pride and […]
“We can’t stop here, this is Cat country!” It wasn’t the ideal line to hear from a bus driver, especially as he overshot my stop and picked up speed on an increasingly mad dash through Catford. I tightened my grip on the seat in ahead of me, getting a wary […]
When they tore down the Catford Cat it should have been a clue on the direction things were heading in. A ‘pagan effigy’ they called it and that was why they got away with it. Everyone knew it was part of some dark magic, they just didn’t talk about it […]
Mr Blaine was still shaking, sweat dribbling down an unhealthily grey face before making a visible escape from his ends of his nose and chin. She hadn’t expected this much of him, to still be conscious for one but also to have thought to call her in and stay at […]
Part 2 of a disjointed and eclectic series. You can find more from Dale & Steve here. — I am the weapon. I am the blade held at the throat of the barbarians. I need to live this fact, this simple truth, I need to shear away everything beyond it […]
Pete shed a lonely tear, not bothering to wipe it away. The last of them was gone, dead and burned up with a mixed fanfare of denunciations and praise. All those years devoted to the cause and what was left? Nothing. Just worn out memories and a long list of […]
“You really think he’s Jesus?” “Of course not, Jesus doesn’t drink Tesco Value Lager on the night bus. Wouldn’t be right, besides, the son of God would be more of a wine man I reckon, although how that fits with the blood of Christ thing I’ve no idea.” “You’ve got […]
It wasn’t so much a gang war as a communal scuffle. Although as fifty-three people wound up dead you could say that was just arguing semantics. They really didn’t mean for things to escalate so fast though, no one did, things just kind of worked their way up from a […]
I am the fine line that shouldn’t be crossed. I am the final judgement, the one that all people fear. I am the vengeful knife in the dark, bringing balance to your sins. I am – “Dale to checkout three, Dale to checkout three.” I am Dale. By day, a […]