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The Tambinder Engine (part seventeen)
The Tambinder Engine (part seventeen) Werin Dycks, aged 57, ruled suicide by drowning Amanda Allenson, aged 23, ruled suicide by drowning Lan Tran, aged 30, ruled suicide by drowning Carl Butters, aged 32, ruled suicide by drowning Fian Cornach, aged 24, ruled suicide by drowning Talley McNeil, aged 44, ruled […]
The Resident (part twenty-six)
Chapter Four An Odd Man Out (part twenty-six) John had parents. They were divorced. His father did arrive at holidays, and might. He wanted to be normal in Claudie’s eyes. Come to my house. I mean, not my house, my mother’s. But I’ll pick you up, […]
The Tambinder Engine (part sixteen)
The Tambinder Engine (part sixteen) The next sheets were lives, gathered facts as to the engine’s toll. Jennifer Salvio, Minerva Apartments, Minerva Circle, Unit A10, first home 1302 Ross-Angel Road. Final workplace, as receptionist, Building Two, Bitterroot Cooperative. Her mother was a stipender, her father had received support; both […]
The Resident (part twenty-five)
Chapter Four An Odd Man Out (part twenty-five) Whether her permission to attend was sanctioned, or whether he had exposed himself, giving it…this violation, the next violation, finally the “we’ve decided not to renew your contract” violation… He saw her in his class that Thursday night. […]
The Tambinder Engine (part fifteen)
The Tambinder Engine (part fifteen) Writer B. I’m sorry I’m so late. The Head Crew are under the stresses, everyone’s been telling us magnetism’s harmless, at least because the head is shielded, so your filling’s aren’t getting pulled out or whatever. Just no one buys it, the third drowning since […]
The Resident (part twenty-four)
Chapter Four An Odd Man Out (part twenty-four) Think of an anchor, a memory… A house moved into, high hopes of August 1990. Or an October collision, of 1988. His life, childhood, schooling, first job, first apartment, seemed sunk in a well, but he knew when […]
The Tambinder Engine (part fourteen)
The Tambinder Engine A McAlley Story (part fourteen) A wooden rocking, passing the barn, what Ondine would do in her stall when her ears told her Deenie was near. Deenie, missing person to the barking dog indoors, and the cat, tail swinging up the walk. She bent and pulled him […]
The Resident (part twenty-three)
Chapter Three Tithonians Now Gemma Quill was in his kitchen. Other voices were Des and Wiss, and the one who’d come to his party… Deb, Gemma supplied, whispering did she want anything from the fridge? “No. I feel stuffed. But actually, carrot sticks.” “Des, are there […]
The Resident (part twenty-two)
Chapter Three Tithonians The Grey took charge of Claudine’s information. She told, and she showed, and John went off to work. His commute at the end of their shared life was sixty miles. From 2007, he could no longer teach simple computer repair. One school had […]
The Tambinder Engine (part thirteen)
The Tambinder Engine A McAlley Story (part thirteen) She drove Mick to the airport. In a flood of nervous words. “I have a horse. I have my babies, Jyff and Bobbo. I can’t leave the country, they don’t let you nab a quick passport at the desk, while you’re paying […]