I’m on my way home when I realise that I’ve left my backpack behind somewhere. Even in my dreams, I’m always fussing with my belongings – checking and double-checking that I have everything with me (wallet, keys, mobile, headphones, mask, gum). In an ironic twist, my adherence to these frequent ritualistic checks has led me […]
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This hotel had it all: a whimsical tearoom calamity, truly ingenious canapés, low-yield nukes, and an unnerving descent into the earth… I: The tearoom My journalistic impulse is nagging at me. I’m acutely aware that I need to come up with a story, or a hook at least. I have to record something, to capture
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An embarrassing errand. A visit to a friend’s start up. A whizkid with an incredible workplace requirements. An unexpected gift… Even though I was made redundant a year and a half ago, I’m on my way back to my old office, again. This time I’m picking up some clothes I left behind, maybe a sweater.
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I’m an imposter at a birthday party, surrounded by strangers and celebrities, in a sprawling mansion where nothing works as it should… I am a friend of a friend – that’s why I’m in this stranger’s house – but I have no idea know exactly who that friend is. That will be the major problem
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I hate birthdays, especially ones that involve chasing homicidal animals at the beach… It’s my birthday and I’m at the beach. This is surprising, because I really don’t like going to the beach. What’s even more unusual is the size of the crowd that has turned out to celebrate with me. My dad, my wife
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I awoke to discover both my home and my spouse undergoing an unnerving renewal… It’s around 7am. I walk into the back bedroom of my house to find it in complete disarray. There are trails of mortar and dust on every surface and a general disorder to the contents of the room. It’s the kind
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