2010
No Particular Order
by Nigel BaldacchinoHe liked police and liked criminals too but what he liked most were oriental artifacts. His house was full of them and he loved them all the same way. What often troubled his mind was...
He liked police and liked criminals too but what he liked most were oriental artifacts. His house was full of them and he loved them all the same way. What often troubled his mind was...
It was well before dawn; the sun’s furnaces were still cold as the last of the stars twinkled into the murky darkness, fading into the gloom.
Trust Julie to start getting neurotic on them, thought Adam while adjusting his tie in front of the mirror in the men’s bathroom. He frowned slightly at his reflected image; the tie still seemed slightly askew. Ever since he had known the girls, he always knew that Julie was the one who dictated how their [...]
Our story concerns a girl of very plain features: another plain Jane, in fact. This Jane had a pale face and a small, delicate body, and she always dressed up in the same old, dark green, velvet dress and nifty ankle boots. She had the remarkable talent of going unnoticed, and this suited her remarkably well...
It was 25th October 1956. Aaron was enjoying the symphony of the birds as he observed their dynamic flight patterns, which made a most spectacular sight. This was harmonized, almost, by a host of cirrus clouds that filled the late autumn sky. He set off for a walk along the Honig Bridge in Konigsberg, Germany, as he liked to do on a warm Sunday afternoon...
You are born ignorant, immobile and speechless. Twenty years later...