Blue sparks exploded out of the TV. From the soft-boiled sofa, Iris watched helpless as the flood swallowed her home. In the kitchen, a tiny voice cried for help…
Author Archives: KJHadley_writer
Plague of Earworms
“I know you all hate me yeah, but you don’t know the truth.” The kid’s words are slurred and angry. “That song. It’s not really music…”
Brand new and floating away
The shoreline is flooded right up to the cliffs and my new trainers are floating away. They bob and flash in the water like a far off lifeboat. We’re stranded…
The Slacktivist Solution To The Homeless Problem.
Walking through the city, swiping through cinders, like profiles on tinder.
Rejecting and blocking, denying and cropping the signs…
Backed Onto The Tracks
…commuters’ eyes that
flash past and snap and snatch at
scenes of gardens filled with scraps.
Fly Trap- Flash Fiction
After the barricade, we smashed through cutlery drawers, pulled knives from meat joints and slapped rolling pins into our hands. Beating ourselves into bravery…
