Santa Gertrudis
Christina’s car was a reluctant old thing. I sat in it a while, breathed in the stale upholstery, looking for clues about her life. There was nothing in there except an empty bottle of diet lemonade and a half-eaten packet…
Christina’s car was a reluctant old thing. I sat in it a while, breathed in the stale upholstery, looking for clues about her life. There was nothing in there except an empty bottle of diet lemonade and a half-eaten packet…
I felt uncertain. And this uncertainty was to intensify until I had to hear my own breath just to know I was real. A part of me wondered if I was now taking part in some elaborate prank. After all,…
I needed to get out of the house. I needed to know what happened to Christina.
It was a lovely letter. Any letter that gives you a car in the postscript has its bonuses. But I must admit it made me feel exhausted, troubled, and even more confused than I had been to begin with. I…
I walked around the place. I was looking for answers, but I couldn’t find any. I saw a dried and probably dead potted plant in the bedroom on the chest of drawers, drooping and brown. A peace lily, I think.…
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The Life Impossible – Matt Haig PineapplesThe letter had been an unusual one. It had informed me that I had been left a property in Ibiza, Spain, belonging to someone called Christina van der Berg. This Christina van der Berg…
The Inability to Feel PleasureI was upside down when I decided to go to Ibiza. The surgery bed I was lying on was tilted so far back I thought I was going to slip off. There was a mirror on…
ApologiesSorry. That was a bit grand and melancholy. Talking about myself in the third person. I am just setting the scene. It’s going to be fun, despite that introduction. And, like so many of life’s fun things, it will begin…
Sob Story Once upon a time there was an old woman who lived the most boring life in the universe. That woman rarely left her bungalow, except to see the doctor, help at the charity shop, or visit the cemetery.…
Chapter 4 Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 4 However, the person who entered through the door wasn’t Gerald. “Danny! What are you doing here?” The expression on Naomi’s face changed as soon as she saw…
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