The bar heaved with the heat of drinkers, talkers and hangers-on. At the far end of the space, beyond shadowed dancing hordes, …
A million doubts flooded his mind. He had never really contemplated his own death before. Sure, he knew he was going to …
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The assembled gods declared, “The Mortals mock us! We must combine our eternal fluids and make a god so awesome they will …
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Geoffrey walked along a narrow lane of boutique shops up to the main road. Two lanes of night time traffic swirled past, …
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Mum says being dead is like being asleep except you don’t wake up. Which is silly. I have a sleepover at Andy’s …
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Hotel 25 – affectionately known as The Two and Five by its regular guests – was a squat boutique hotel hidden in …
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The sound of the crash ripped apart the hubbub of the pub. Geoffrey and others at the bar paused momentarily to realise …
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I was a slight kid, some say cheeky, but not one of the muscular kids. There was one kid, a couple of …
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There is that one dazzling slo-mo moment, when the kick goes up and the ball ascends towards the heavens, and with it, …
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The white flash, then the savage crack of thunder, the flash again and the rain attacked the night. The storm had come. …
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“Julianne, look what the cat dragged in. Over at Chanel,” said Suzanne, a coiffured blonde in charge of Lancôme. In front of …
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An estimated five thousand people amassed in the plaza that day, some said more. Jess was one, masked, arm in arm with …
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Geoffrey was floating, high and joyous amidst the whirring fans and rafters of the pub, slowly revolving in his private heaven. The …
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What to do. What a to do. First thing, get out of bed. This involves sitting upright on the edge, in the …
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TWO STORIES EACH AT 500 WORDS FOR EASY READING, by Rob Wilcher The Slave Five bedraggled slaves made their sorry way up …
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Mike strained as he planked, trying to resist the pull of gravity on his belly as it pulled on his tensed abdomen. …
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Howard Hodgson stopped at the entrance to a narrow lane off a strip of shops to check whether he had the correct …
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O, this one was a beauty. A brilliant brazen mane, an enormous head, my god the power in those jaws as he …
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