Seven
Deptford Bridge looked surprisingly exotic in the fierce sunlight. People were wearing t-shirts and sunglasses in the unusual heat, lounging lethargically against the concrete station walls as they waited for […]
Deptford Bridge looked surprisingly exotic in the fierce sunlight. People were wearing t-shirts and sunglasses in the unusual heat, lounging lethargically against the concrete station walls as they waited for […]
She looked at me very hard for several long, long moments, and then nodded and lowered the gun, resetting the safety. “Ok. You’re not a murderer,” she said numbly. She […]
The important thing is confidence. “You can get into practically any party, however exclusive,” she’d told me gleefully, way back when. “You just have to look as though you belong. […]
“Don’t stare, you idiot.” “Sorry.” We are sitting in the window of an Italian restaurant opposite Briar’s hotel, which is swathed in police investigation tape. A dour doorman watches the […]
What the fuck is his name? “I’m making pasta. I was going to make risotto, but my flatmate’s used all my Arborio rice. Would you like some?” “What I’d really […]
Having sex with Marina would be a bad idea, in the same sort of way that taking a toaster into the bath with you is a bad idea, or drinking […]
And so it starts with a whisper and a sigh. Something in the dark is stirring. I can feel it waking. * I open my eyes and find that he […]