London torn. Night and day. Sinners and angels. Debut novel by Mark A. King, available now
Under | Ground He opens the door with his elbow. Turns the taps with the sides of his hands. Scrubs. Scrubs. Scrubs. Until skin is raw and soul is clean. Puts on his uniform. Adjusts the collar. Polishes the buttons with a disposal antibac wipe. Makes the required checks, the required number …
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Subterranean | Suburbia 208 words He is a mole, an earthworm, a grubby traveller of dirt; his eyes so accustomed to darkness that they have blinded him to reality. She is a songbird that lives in the yellow warmth of sun and in the glow of company. She savours every breath. She finds …
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Metropolitan Darkness “I have watched attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion,” the charismatic Replicant says on the large LCD screen. From the Kinect senor, I watch the friends, their gormless faces and silly hats illuminated in harsh TV ghost-light. I have been calling them to me since the Nordic ships, since the …
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Metropolitan Dreams 