This is written from the perspective of Ludger Sylbaris, who gained fame as the only* survivor of a volcanic explosion that killed some 40,000 people on the Caribbean island of Martinique in 1902. Mr Sylbaris survived because he had been arrested the day before the explosion and locked in a police cell underground. He was … Continue reading The Mount Pelee Survivors’ Club
Category: Reflections
Living For All Eternagen™
Short fiction published in Painted Words 2017. Shane Worrell At the back of an antique shop where marbles were sold, two for ten million dollars, Junior lay in silence. The old man’s bedroom, small, cramped and altogether unbefitting of someone of Junior’s character, was separated from the shop by only a paper-thin wooden panel. Junior … Continue reading Living For All Eternagen™
Granny Flat
SHE had seemed old, sure. Ancient. A relic. But I didn’t think she was gonna die. Oh no. Had I known she was close, I wouldn’t have rented her the granny flat in my backyard when her son – calling from the safety of 500 bloody miles away – begged me for it. I’d wanted … Continue reading Granny Flat
Local News Today
From a long-lost satirical news blog I once ran: Rebuilt school named after arsonist The Jude Louey Parker Secondary School will reopen tomorrow, 12 months after it was ravaged by fire.Every building was destroyed last year when former student Jude Louey Parker set fire to it to “get revenge on the teachers”.It was announced in … Continue reading Local News Today
