You wait until the sound of his footsteps fade from earshot and you slump into your chair, putting two fingers to your forehead. You pull the trigger. You have ten minutes to decompress, get back t…| The Cabinet of Heed
After more than one pintI miss the last train again.We put on your father’s records.Stolichnaya and A Clockwork Orange. We know that we are friends.And all I want is the smell of you,the heat of yo…| The Cabinet of Heed
Humanity’s last ship, Our Finest Moment, began burning less than twenty minutes after leaving the port. We all knew we were dead meat when we boarded the ship, but we were expecting to at least get…| The Cabinet of Heed
Olive arrived at the bus stop encumbered with bags, feeling like a packhorse. The bench was full. She sank deeper into her shoes. The length of the queue suggested there would be no seats left by t…| The Cabinet of Heed
You laugh in your sleep. The bed quivers beneath me as your body shakes. You never remember in the morning. Smiling in puzzlement at my amusement. It was your night time laughter that ensnared me l…| The Cabinet of Heed
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE. You have twenty-four hours to vacate the premises. The Sale of the Property located at 502 North Wendon Street will be held between the hours of 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM, Ju…| The Cabinet of Heed
I worked there for thirty years, I enjoyed my job, I had the responsibility of being a liaison for public events, and since we had been colonialized, we partook in demonstrations as a display of ou…| The Cabinet of Heed
Half my hair fell out when you died. and wisps of baby hair sprouted. The hairdresser thought it was funny – baby hair bouncing among my grey. But the new hair also fell out, tiny tufts of so…| The Cabinet of Heed
On orange days hell is hammocked in the plastic net satsumas come in. You always cut your fingers on it because the scissors are never near enough, and the pulling kind of helps. You do not actuall…| The Cabinet of Heed
The night before he was killed by an electric eel, Pedro had hung multicoloured lanterns outside his hut, perched as it was in stilts on the muddy banks of the great river. Perhaps he knew what awa…| The Cabinet of Heed
