Landfall 209, 2006 ___ I read the first page of every new novel, I frothed the nozzle of a cappuccino machine badly, steam bursting out like the snort of an angry cow I dined on Weetbix laced with white sugar soaked in puddles of skim milk I […]
Yearly Archives: 2006
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Landfall, Autumn, 2006; The Roads Ahead (Tindal Street Press, Birmingham) 2009 ____ “Is she blonde?” “No.” “What colour’s her hair?” “Black.” “Oh well, she might like to dye her hair later.” Hugh smiled. “Does she speak English?” “As far as we are aware she doesn’t speak at all.” “Oh.” Hugh […]
____ On Friday I saw a unicorn in the shopping mall, its mane flickering beneath the florescent lights. The unicorn was drinking from the wishing fountain. Gold coins glittered on the bottom like teeth. I flung in a fifty-cent piece and then the unicorn appeared, lapping the water with its […]