Stories

yesterday I drowned a rat, or rather failed to rescue it from the rain barrel, when that is the singular thing it needed. had it been a mouse, say, or a shrew, a vole, or a seriously misdirected [...]

the oldness of old when it comes is so immense so threadbare will someone darn me wrap me around their shoulders when they feel lonely about being young and so strong    

On winter mornings it is still dark when you get up. I lie a little longer watching light creep into the room, across the bed, up the white wall until it touches the ceiling. You bring my tea [...]

High above the freeway, and the harbour, I see small tugs nudge giant tankers out into the bay. All night twin lights flash at the entrance to the docks. Early morning traffic inches along below, [...]

ONE Rooms rambled and connected around the courtyard U. Entangled leafy creepers lay between the flagstones. A large table, the surface splashed with wine and lavish dinners stood in the [...]

For this is not a poem it’s black ink lost over the page For this is not a page it’s me facing a screen bring to play For this is not play four light people, one dark all struggle For [...]

The rows of dusty black shoes and ankle length white socks entered the great hall in single file. Always in a single file. Row after row of ill-fitting maroon blazers that were too long and too [...]

“I see my purpose as supporting individuals to nurture their greater potential,” I blurted out to Gabs when he asked me about my mission in life. I felt quite proud of myself for using words that [...]

I had the offer in my hands. I was going to Joburg! Or was I? I wondered as I walked into the palace, that is, the very first house I ever bought for myself. It was a palace of two tiny bedrooms, [...]

When I was young, I was in love with Loopy de Loop – the cartoon wolf. His calling was to redeem the bad name of his species, and to fail horribly at that. I got to know him at the [...]