Occupational Hazard Reading time: about 2-3 minutes Session 1 ‘Your patient is here, Ruby.’ Maddie, the temp who smelled like lilies, handed me the paperwork. June Allen, 46, marital issue. Maddie giggled. ‘She’s a chatty one.’ ‘She’s in the right place. Chatting is my jam. Send her in.’ Before I got to my feet, June […]
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Britain vs the world: flash battle 2024 The results Summary Judges’ Comments Top 10 Team Results It’s a knockout! That’s it. Stop pummelling each other, please. Go and get some electrolytes. Maybe consider a shower. Britain vs The World: Flash Battle 2024 is a wrap! We’ve read all the entries – 120+ from 5 continents,
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Removal Reading time: about 2 minutes The room seems to have more shadows with it bare. Empty shelves. There had been vases and books and objects, articles of life. Modern art in oak frames; how cultured they were, their easy touch of class. He runs his hand on the wood: feeling fragments, smelling dust. Remembers
Reenactment Reading time: about 7-8 minutes The history books said that it must take place on the twenty-second of January. Lying in bed, dressed in a plain white gown, head covered by a lace veil decorated with myrtle leaves, Alex Osborne wondered if people would be angry. At the head of the bed, Malcolm had
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Dead Man talking Reading time: about 5 minutes Old Szymon Parker died while flower petals whirled themselves into soft gray pools of rain. I called him Creaky. He only left his apartment Sunday mornings to drink coffee and smoke on the patio at the diner on 2nd Avenue. In the winters, when he couldn’t smoke
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Surface Reading time: about 3 minutes 1. The Blue-ringed Octopus lives in colourful coral reefs. It relies on the rocks and crevices in its environment for refuge. A customer wants to speak to the manager, but I’m trying to write my essay on cephalopods and their dedication to procreation behind the counter. A
