My Brain, and I
“Some people find this pretty heavy going. I regularly offer a headset, with your choice of music, while we proceed”, Katie said. Her warnings didn’t really do justice to the goings on! “Just move your shoulders up a bit. Yep, ah no, back. That’s good. It’s going to be very loud. So do you have…
“I don’t know him,” I lied
Her eyebrows arched upwards, just below her fringe, momentarily suspended in disbelief. I repeated my protestations. “Nah, I’ve never seen him before.” I sense, maybe feel my palms start to sweat. I keep them firmly in my pockets, but I need a distraction: I fumble and find my tobacco and busy myself rolling a smoke.…
To go, and how to go
My twentieth birthday approaches, and I am reminded, by Personnel staff of my requirement to register before my birthday. Failure would mean immediate dismissal from Federal employment; compliance: a possible overseas engagement! Possibly a quirk of fate, but work colleagues are almost exclusively right-wing idealists, keen supporters of The War, and Santamaria. Elevenses, and lunch…
About Me
Hi, Chris Burchett here. I am a late discoverer of the ultra short-story genre, but what a delightful find it has been! Covid-enforced isolation was a perfect stimulant. Enjoy the stories included here. I will continue to add new entries as they are written.