Water dripped relentlessly from the ceilings, tormenting the faucets which had been dry for over three days; scorched wood made a dark patchwork quilt of walls where colourful landscape paintings once hung. Ominously, an oil slick slithered in slow motion across the floor, forming dark pools of sinister proportions. Sharp arrows of morning sunlight exposed [...]
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La Ville: Aftermath
Posted: 13th December 2009 by paulcrask in Wistful Nomad (fiction)Tags: Fiction
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Operation Red Cedar
Posted: 14th November 2009 by paulcrask in Wistful Nomad (fiction)Tags: Fiction
Reportage: The sleepy coastal village of Lancee Sans Direction (LSD) was thrown into a state of turmoil today when news of a foiled environmental theft of Gargantuan proportions began to materialise. Veteran postman, Hermien Le Post, was delivering a package of lightly seasoned black puddings and a bottle of ‘86 Chateau Dominique to Pascal Le [...]
Spondulicks
Posted: 18th October 2009 by paulcrask in Wistful Nomad (fiction)Tags: Fiction, Short Story
Enzo the baker drops a couple of dollars into the cash register and smiles. Spondulicks, his organic coffee and cake shop is doing well and seems to be a big hit with tourists passing through the village. So far every day has been a busy day, and he is happy that all his hard work [...]