There’s a guy who keeps flicking a lighter on Serena’s bus, and she’s slightly worried the whole thing is going to catch on fire. She’s a few rows behind him, but she can see his blurry reflection in the window at the front of the bus, the contrast between the lights on inside the bus…
When Zahra can’t seem to muster up the energy to do anything, she closes her eyes and lays in bed with her laptop next to her, and clicks on whatever movie she can find on Netflix. And then just lets it play. It’s led to some interesting choices. There was the action film that got…
The bass is heavy in whatever song is echoing through the club. It feels like it’s vibrating Aidan’s red blood cells, it’s so loud. ‘Can we go somewhere else?’ he yells. ‘What did you say?’ his date yells back. Aidan thinks her name is Samantha, or Simone, but he’s already forgotten from the one conversation… Read more
Manny Rutherford is applying for jobs. It’s not going well, but it’s definitely going somewhere.
The first thing she notices is that he doesn’t have a face. The second thing she notices is that he’s playing chess completely wrong. She can’t do much about the first thing, but this is a chessboard store, so she can help with the second. He’s put the pawns all over the chessboard, black on…
We sit down to have a conversation. I sit with a cup of tea warming my cold hands. You smile and laugh through the pain.
Late Night Rush Hour