The Promotion Interview room 341 is very small and dark, like a segment cut from a corridor. Harry notices the odd ratio of wall to door to window as he automatically moves towards the one empty chair. An inspector sits opposite behind a small desk, staring down at a screen. He’s thin, suited, with short…
A gust of wind blows suddenly down a remote valley. What mischief might it bring?
When I lived out in the village near the mountains I would go hiking by the swift river, over the soft bogs, and up the rocky slopes, weather and work permitting. I got to know the most popular routes and the ways onto and off them, and some of these ways on and off crossed…
A driver in South Dublin was still in shock today following a narrow escape with a speeding bicycle. While returning from work yesterday evening, Mr. David Gilroy was involved in a collision with an unmarked bicycle, which caused severe upset and further lateness to an already delayed schedule. Witnesses to the event reported a bicycle…
The Mistake (a very short story) Wasn’t like the daydreams at all. They chased me up Taylor’s street and left down St. Kilda’s Avenue and over the grassy wall into Finny Park where the trees were just beginning to leaf and for a change nobody was walking a dog. I had my heavy work shoes…
Dr Malthus and Dr Richards were very excited about something. They leaned over each other to get a better look at the microscope. The film crew, squashed along the other side of the capsule, paid them no attention. They had already broken through several ceilings of boredom. At first, the jerking motion of the T79ix2…