This eclectic collection of short (and in two cases, very short) stories mixes the real and the surreal and the comic in an economical prose style:
THE MIRROR: in his partner’s absence a man explores his image in a mirror; on her return their relationship has changed...
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?: Ronnie Lonesome reveals the truth to his audience...
BULLYING THE GLASS: “Good luck sometimes comes in runs, like wins at the gaming table. Good luck sometimes ends in ruins”: complicated family relationships are aired after several deaths...
MASTERING THE ZANZIBAR: a middle-aged man recalls his youth in Tangier with Alizarin and her struggles with a challenging musical instrument...
THE COLOUR OF SLATE: existential humour: wet horses discuss Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’; flash fiction
GETTING THE MESSAGE: an unexpected cure for the bellyache...? flash fiction