Experimental Stories
A Note on EquationsHow to overcome nerves just before an exam.
"She'd dreamed she was a superstar on a stage where fifty-thousand people, all brilliant mathematicians, cheered her on while she sang the formulas she'd tried to get in her head the day before. Now, as dusty green irisses appeared under lids the colour of hospital-wall plaster, the fear chased out any trace of the songs."
EnvelopeIf you received an envelope that foretold your future, would you open it?
"When Tessa shoved open the door, she glimpsed half of a red envelope sticking out from the letter box. It had "confidential" stamped across the top. She grunted and dropped the shopping bags she held in each hand. She took it in both hands. To Mrs Draggan. "Mama, the results from the DNA test are here!""
Rich Young ManAn adaptation of the story of the rich young man.
"If I want eternal life, internal peace, universal love, that kind of thing, what should I do?"
SensesA wasted girl finds a second chance in an old place.
"Smell the girl. She was in a bar last night. The smoke hangs from her hair and the stained beer comes from her clothes. She might have had perfume on once, but the dust from the rubble blankets it. She sleeps in a tree. She used to live in one of the houses, but they are gone now. So is her family."