365 Complete Works 27

The Queue Shuffled Forward a Few Feet, Stopped, Then Moved Again

Five Bags of Sugar

He'd Stayed out Too Long, Walking on the Shore in the Gathering Dusk

Janice Imagined Her Mouth Must Resemble the Cutlery Basket of a Dish-Washer

Getting Out of Bed he Tripped on a Stray Shoe and Twisted His Ankle

The Clock That Hung in the Hallway Was Not Behaving

The People of the Plain Built Their Houses Low, One Storey Tall or Sometimes with Only Half a Storey Above Ground

Now Here Are Our Main Stories Again, and I Should Warn You That Some of These Are Accompanied by Flashes of Inconsequence

One Day in Town Jack Becomes Aware of a Sinister Figure Lurking Nearby

You Sometimes Hear It Said About a Baby, New-Born or Perhaps a Few Weeks Old