Only one tar-road cuts across village and meets the downhill Nir’s grocery-cum-cottage housed idiosyncratic wife. All knew how his melting body & drudge made two sons as seasoned Manager, Professor, and daughters in well-settled family. Hardships started intensified while all four children scattered and living in far-away places. In last lockdown one-man army, Nir continued public services, and once
» Read moreIt was my first egress for weeks. I wore a mask, I reeked of hand gel and I kept twice the recommended distance from the next human being on my way to the local shop. That wasn’t an issue once inside. I was the only punter there. I picked up my paper. At the till, behind the plastic barrier,
» Read moreA short fantasy that could have happened in our camp in 1946. This is my return to the site after a long absence.
» Read moreIt requires someone with balls to defy the Sultan but none of the chaps around here are up to the task. He made sure that they didn’t have any ideas of consorting with his wives and concubines by castrating the lot. I have managed to escape the eunuchs’ fate by a clever ruse. I smuggled myself into the harem
» Read morePosing of such magnitude took a great deal of effort. Paul made it look easy, unstudied even. The arm draped across the back of the chair; legs crossed at the knee; languid hand, palm down. But the strain showed in the eyes. It was a mistake to close his eyes whilst his head tilted to face the sun.
» Read moreWorrying times. “You look worried. What’s troubling you, Watson?” “It is the lockdown, Sir.” “Dammit, man! We are all concerned about it but we have to put up with the inconvenience if we want to get rid of the Covid virus.” “It is not that, Sir, it’s the traffic light system.” “What is the problem?
» Read moreThe new normal created a new economic driver and race, and population control over time – The Zombie. The United Nations ‘UNMZI’ – ‘United Nations Mission Zombie Integration’ and slogan ‘We live off each other’. Singing tonight the first Zombie, ‘Zalo’ live-ish on ‘Lockdowns got Talent’: Simon “Excited to see you in the flesh. Let me pick your brains, why
» Read moreIt’s real quiet. No clanging doors. No clatter of shuffling boots. Been a while since we had total lockdown. Soon we’ll start the cell-to-cell search. Took ten seconds to pull Whacky-Will Boulder off Sly Penny, but that’s all he needed to crack open Sly’s head like a coconut. Whacky’s a lifer. His mum’s been bringing him copies of
» Read moreNow being a widower, and living alone, lockdown was not much different from his normal life. He would get up early, eat his breakfast, and then pass the day in his set routine, centred around his reading and radio, with some television in the evening before an early bedtime. What changed was his time in the bathroom. Once shaved, he
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