Written by HL Jones11/08/201425/02/2019

I’ll Do It

They swarmed through the phone system, hell-bent on causing chaos and mayhem with the emergency services. The phone operators were tired, but dedicated, and so processed the gibbering idiot’s requests for medical attention with a sterile, sensible, emotionless efficiency. Derrick, sipping on a vending machine coffee, half-listened to the gleeful voice whispering in his ear. […]

Written by HL Jones15/06/201209/07/2012

Terrible World – Playing Dead

This is the first in a series where I write about the more extreme solutions to people’s modern problems. There was only the sound of water running. Nicola stared up at the ceiling and sobbed a little. By her side, Francis sat cross-legged with a notebook perched on his knee. He was drawing how she […]