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First Impressions

FIRST IMPRESSIONS   She was at her most dangerous. Out of her element, without a clear avenue of escape, the stench of sprawling humanity enveloped her, hampering her senses. The...

Fate Decides

FATE DECIDES. In my head I heard Vera Lynn’s voice as I finally managed to prise open the trunk’s rusty lock, “Some letters tied with blue/A photograph or two ....

Falcon

FALCON By Les Hellmann After getting my Masters Certificate of Competence, I took a thirteen-year gap year from deep-sea ships. This period included five years with Saftug on the Wolraad Woltemade...

Karoo Dust

KAROO DUST By Janice Gardiner-Atkinson He is angry. He is frightened. He is hurting. He is trying to get drunk but he just can’t manage it. He has finished all the...

In the East

IN THE EAST  By Mike Job In the East, the sun rose – rather more noisily than I thought necessary. Given the condition I was in, it could, with decency,...

Father's Hands

FATHER'S HANDS I’d only been to the rail station once before. For a start, it was a long way from the house and then, we had nobody who ever came...