Fred Mr Davis kept tropical fish and a tidy garden front and back. It’s as good as fertilizer that he said, throwing his urine from a bucket on the lawn. He rolled grizzled...

        Blood Displaces Water Paola opens stitches on the cuff of her wrist. An efficient seamstress, she works on fine silver scars. She cuts with precision, but there's danger...

      Good Night Mum liked quiet children, silent bodies, no vomiting, no wheezing I knew how to breathe through an upset stomach but asthma came at night uninvited, a whistle-blower...

      Pavement Legs running, legs running to the far end Of the street, echoing stampede of feet After feet. Down again, up again, gather, Disperse. My sister comes over first. Others...

      I’m at a party somewhere in Brazil not the sit down one or the dancing one but the one where you're stood up and the waiters come round and serve you little things on trays so...

    Gargoyles When their hearts and bodies ached, they imagined beings able to transcend toil only love made tolerable; and the hurt embryonic wings unfurling from sore shoulders...

      The startle response In babies cat whiskers or a change of light or firework thudding far off, can cause consternation. Usually people learn to deflect such attacks, but not...

    some Interesting Facts about SPIDERS spiders are not Insects because they have eight legs, although the ‘Spider Swagger’ can be done on Six. spiders are Particularly good at...