Having been raised by a projectionist, I tend to love cinema. In fact, he (my father) told me recently that all those movies we watched together growing up were his school. He wanted to be able to talk about film to the people who came to watch them, he said. So he studied them. WeContinue reading “Close Your Eyes And See”
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Hello, Lupin
When you take a prairie girl to the mountains, her eyes will grow wide. The beauty is big. You don’t have to look for it. Her breath will catch at every corner, every tree, every snow-summit. Yet when you take a mountain man to the prairie, his eyes will dim. Big sky, big land, butContinue reading “Hello, Lupin”
The List
“If you won’t smile, I’ll take you out back behind the autobarn and make you smile.”
It is 8AM. I’m at my desk and Wes the mechanic is just walking by with his coffee. I stare hard at the screen, checking emails.
The End of the Road | Pt 4
But before he could enter, it started to happen again: the itching, dry, thirsty feeling in the back of his throat, the blood rushing in his ears, his eyes blurred like he was drunk. I’ve only had two beers, he thought, panicked, scratching at his neck trying to get more air in; taking a few steps further and feeling a great weight against him, as if someone was pushing him away from the door.
Where She Goes
Her hands are older now, and there are clay stains up to her elbows. She watches the little grey teapot spin and spin on her wheel, the sun shining gently through the window of her kiln-room and onto her lap. Her brow is furrowed, but there is no aggravation there anymore. All that’s long gone.Continue reading “Where She Goes”
Jessica Barratt 