Late Night Rush Hour.

  • Depression, to the Soundtrack of an Arthouse Film

    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…

  • Attempt 27 at a Tinder Date

    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…

  • He’s Got a Head for Chess

    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…

  • And then I carry 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.