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Selling Phone Sex in the 80’s

  • September 23, 2015
  • by Leah Mueller
In a time before phone sex lines, Leah Mueller finds herself selling packages of potential lust to lonely American men.
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Desmond

  • July 12, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
Laurence’s fragile relationship with Desmond, a drunk kitchen porter.
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The Plumber

  • June 22, 2015
  • by Tadhg Muller
A struggling writer works in a cafe and discovers a secret business operating in his workplace.
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Commuter Hell

  • February 9, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
Commuter hell. They were supposed to be on strike. I have sunk the best part of a bottle of whiskey in anticipation for travel chaos leading to a day in bed eating toast.
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I’m sooo tired

  • February 1, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
I look beside me at the 24 foot table replete with 350 identically polished glasses arranged in neat diamond-like rows. Boring? This is events catering.
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No Trespassing

  • January 24, 2015
  • by Kat Klima
No Trespassing is a short story by Kat Klima. An unsuspecting saleswoman gets an unwelcome response when she visits a trailer park.
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Anonymous Hotel Work

  • January 3, 2015
  • by Laurence Rivers
Today I am at a famous London hotel. All complete bollocks as I stare into the abyss of the staff changing room, with the smell of BO and shoe polish all too prevalent.
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Clown Chronicles: Part two

  • January 3, 2015
  • by Leah Mueller
Second part of the short story ‘Clown Chronicles’ by Leah Mueller. A young lady recalls her first day as a clown in 80s America.
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Clown Chronicles: Part One

  • December 26, 2014
  • by Leah Mueller
It was an afternoon of dejection following a long period of abject poverty that led to my decision to become a clown.
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