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a sudden dark movement seen from the corner of my eye

September 9, 2019September 20, 2019 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

it may have been a lizard

or the shadow of a buzzard

I never saw either again

I sniffed

February 22, 2016February 21, 2016 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

I sniffed. Strange. I sniffed again. Hmm. Behind me, the gorilla sniffed louder.

The sound behind him

September 26, 2014September 26, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The sound came from behind him. And it was then he realised what that strange smell was, the strange smell in his bedroom. Gorilla.

Winner of #FLF14 organised by @ FlashLitFiction 25 September 2014

Present

August 22, 2014August 22, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Al’s lover gave him a heart monitor to wear in bed. It always sounded. The last time it covered the sound of her husband’s key.

Drop

June 1, 2014June 1, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Even so many years later, if I ever drop a raisin, as I bend to pick it up I see the snake slide silent out from under the cupboard….

Revisited

January 19, 2014 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The door swung open; and closed with a wooden clatter. My mouth opened and closed with a click of large teeth. Not again. No.

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