Fiction
Dr Manfratton – an origin story
By Jon Crout. It is 1992. It is Fudger’s birthday, and we are sat in his shed, hiding from his mum. She’s got the hump because he re-enacted Anderton’s goal at Highbury in her lounge [… read more ]
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An Account of His Life in Riddle and Rhyme, By Thomas Pounde of Belmont
By Alison Habens Part II (Part I can be found here) This is a story of four thousand words. When Tripp and Crowley had moved on to torment another soul, I was able to read [… read more ]
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‘Pathetic and Scary at the Same Time’: Laszlo Dumitrescu on GE2015
Laszlo Dumitrescu is a businessman who emigrated from Bucharest to Southsea in 2015. Following on from his adventures in Issue 1, the wealth creator casts an eye over a General Election in which he is [… read more ]
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An Account of His Life in Riddle and Rhyme By Thomas Pounde of Belmont
By Alison Habens This is a story of three words: ‘Arise, Sir Ox’. Not stable-taught but star-led, for my uncle was the Earl of Southampton and my mother was thrice ladylike. I was raised in [… read more ]
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The Blue Plaques Blue Army Gang
By Jon Crout 11 June 1974 ‘Do you think this film they’re making is named after me?’ asked Owen. He grinned. ‘Not likely, Tommy,’ said Holbrook, licking his ice cream. ‘I doubt architecture is really [… read more ]
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Spine Acher
By Jon Crout Details that are presented as historical fact are continually subject to interpretation and reinterpretation. Accounts of historic events are only as reliable as those making the record, and will inevitably be subject [… read more ]
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Sometimes the Sky’s Too Bright
A short story by Maggie Sawkins. The police came the other day. I knew they were coming. That’s one good thing about living up here. You can see what’s going on. They wanted to know [… read more ]
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A Robust Executive Toolbox
Invirtual Memorandum From: Prof. —- , Dean-for-Impact of Global Appropriation and Annexation Strategizing To: Dr —- , E-Provost-in-Chief of Knowledge Commodification Hey Dr —, Just back from the Planet Pedagogy E-Xpo in the enterprising metropolis [… read more ]
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The Case of the Serbian Dwarf Poisoner
A short story by Matt Wingett ‘Observe the way in which the victim is holding the napkin, Jenkins,’ said The Legend, drawing on his meerschaum as they stood over a corpse that lay sprawled in [… read more ]
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Fresh off the Boat
Laszlo Dumitrescu Hello, people of Portsmouth, the English Riviera, my fellow Europeans. I arrive in your city from Romania to make a better life for my family. The weather was shining when we approach the [… read more ]