The Far Queue

Through cascading drops of rain; each meeting his chest, arms and face an individual; down through the concave curves and convex bends he sees the world in all its grotesque beauty.Cocks the lever and aims for the dark green apex of the road.No one l...

Mario BlasalandraSpending time in airports is perhaps the most wasteful of activities.There is a thin veneer of civility about the whole process, especially for those who are there for reasons other than the joy of holiday flying.My companion has a v...

The Yin & Yang of World Hunger ~ David RevoyDown between the parallel line phosphor-edge burn, walking perhaps an inaccurate description for forward movement, my wounds no longer raw but ache like a lost love in a dream of darkened rooms.Overturned t...

Black Mirror 2.8 - Charlie Brooker's MasterpieceOnce it was the dream of every man to be able to film himself having sex.Now that this opportunity is widely available he wants to film himself doing everything.He times himself while out runningHow fas...

Akiya KageichiIndira Gilgamesh looked on in wonder as they drape their grief in the blood-stained flag that had been so instrumental in the genocide of their children. She wonders if it is ignorance of history that has so numbed people to the lie of...

The agents arrive at the corner of the building; matt black against the alleyway shadows, weapons dull gleaming. Intelligence has led them to believe that Haptic Destra is not to be trusted, that her voice has become too loud.To the white noise sound...

It is while out walking in the woods that he notices the silence; a silence missing from his everyday life where the hum of all the appliances, apps and passing traffic constitute the aural confines of his home.He is overcome with a need to share thi...