Word Up: Zadie Smith
“The streets of New York and London are the best shows I know, and nothing pleases me more than watching the people go by, their fascinating or outré or banal … Continue reading Word Up: Zadie Smith
Category: Stories
Now We Live In Versailles
In the morning that followed the events of March 15, Lauren wondered about the man who made them happen. No crime was committed and no-one was physically hurt however his … Continue reading Now We Live In Versailles
Word Up: Charlotte Rampling
“I can occupy myself quite easily with what’s going on inside me.” Charlotte Rampling
Word Up: Anna Wintour on Art
“When you find your own personal connection with an artwork, it can lead you to express how you see the world in so many different ways. It’s an act of … Continue reading Word Up: Anna Wintour on Art
Word Up: Susan Sontag
“I must change my life so that I can live in it, not wait for it.” Susan Sontag
Word Up: W. S. Merwin from Once in Spring
A sentence continues after thirty years it wakes in the silence of the same room the words that come to it after the long comma existed all that time wandering … Continue reading Word Up: W. S. Merwin from Once in Spring
Golden Years
They first met at the studio on Matherson Road where gold discs lined the walls among photographs of musicians from the past and present, and where every object from the … Continue reading Golden Years
Word Up: Anaïs Nin
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls”. Anaïs Nin
Nancy
“Do you dream about me?” she asked him. “All the time” he answered. She had been in control of their conversation from the moment they sat down in the emerald … Continue reading Nancy
Somebody
The powder room was empty. She put on her lipstick, her favourite shade “Fire Truck Red”. She saw him in the mirror, standing in the doorway. “You should lock the … Continue reading Somebody
Enjoy The Silence
Tom ordered a Gin and Tonic with a slice of lime and flicked through the in-flight magazine. A morning TV talk show host listed her must have carry on items … Continue reading Enjoy The Silence
Chapter 11
It was Christmas Eve the night Erin and Sean moved into the apartment in the Rosemont Building on Railway Terrace. They’d met at a party only three month’s earlier through … Continue reading Chapter 11
