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Brian arrives at the library just as Julie is opening the doors. She smiles when she sees him, and he returns it warmly. Brian really lik...

Brian's brain starts making connections: caught in a trap... Elvis... I can't get out... he remembers a story he read in the newspaper he...

Brian isn't sure when he became an Older Person. He doesn't feel particularly old. Not that he ever felt particularly young either. He tr...

Brian gets off at his usual stop, three stops short of the library. He likes the walk, even if it is raining. And it gives him a chance t...

At the next bus stop a woman with a child gets on, the woman struggling with a pushchair and the child dragging a large stuffed toy - a r...

Brian sits at the bus stop fiddling with an empty bag of dry-roasted peanuts. His last nut just fell on the floor and he is wondering if ...

change the code Vanessa comes to see Zack two days later. She is taller than he remembers but that is probably because he is still bed-bo...

the lost ward He is told, by the doctor, that what he probably experienced was a nightmare, but Zack knows he was awake. The night nurse,...

Back in the hospital, Zack is lectured at by an irate nurse who says he could have set back his healing by weeks. I went to a park, he sa...

As Marion drones on about the dream she had the night before (something involving a cat and a violin, he thinks), Zack watches the frogs ...

got the receipt Zack Bottom looks back on that day often from the hospital bed. It is traumatic, but there is nothing worth watching on t...

lawyer of last resort He fingers the business card, turning it over as though he's a magician attempting a second-rate card trick. Lawyer...

She lives right on the edge of town. It is so far out that you can see trees, and the air you breathe isn't thick with pollution. I hadn'...

It had her by the throat! She fought at it with her hands, her nails clawing at the thing. She managed to get it loose and flung it acros...

The good-looking guy with the perfect teeth and hair she can only dream of having hands her a flyer and flashes her a big grin. Hope to s...

She pulled the curtains open, and the sun hit her in the face so hard she almost fell over. That was uncalled for, she winced, complainin...

It makes no sense, she says, picking up a large snake and using it to pick her teeth. He stares at her, her head pulsates as though her b...

He waits at the table while she goes up to the counter and orders a turkey bacon roll and a cup of coffee. His hand flickers towards his ...

Put it in reverse! Meli screams, her eyes wide with fear. Glenta pushes buttons frantically, sweat dripping from her nose. Quickly! Meli ...

He opens the door and walks into the wood-panelled room. The table, a large oak imposing thing that dominates the room, has faces looking...

The Loose Moose Bar & Grill is almost empty when Gil pushes the swing doors open. There is a stuffed moose standing close to the door...

If there is a hierarchy of losers, sir, the old man says, wiping his nose on a dirty rag he pulls from his coat pocket, then you are at t...

I'm not a decoration, I say, as she polishes my head and hangs me on the tree. She doesn't seem to hear me. I have tried shouting, I've t...

We sit in the Hall waiting for the Proclamation of the Day. I am nervous and shuffle in my seat. Mary, sitting next to me, is as still as...

I'm not an economist, Bawer says, pausing dramatically and taking a sip of his pint. Jip rolls his eyes, and I suppress a giggle. We are ...

Please go to the other counter, the man says as he slides down a blind that says Closed. I sigh as I look at the queue at the only other ...

Rank it! he shouts. The team members run together and begin to discuss. He sits back on his throne and watches the plebs. He laughs to hi...

He placed her on the pedistool in the top room of the ivory tower he'd had built. It was in the back garden, behind the shed. It was kind...

Applaud me! she shouts and stamps her feet, just like a little child. I clap my hands together and try to keep my face straight. I fail a...

Let me tell you about my second worst relationship, she says and leans back in her chair. She picks up her drink with one hand while the ...