Flicking through an A5 comic at one of the exhibitor’s tables, my sweating finger tips sticking to the pages of scratched black and white artwork. Its not very warm in this hall, plenty of air is circulating but I’m still sweating and finding it difficult to concentrate on the book. The creator’s chatting with a [...]
Archive for July, 2008
A Geek Lacking Social Grace Even Amongst Other Geeks
Posted in Fiction, tagged anxiety, comic convention, geek, women on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
School Yard Fight
Posted in Fiction, tagged headmistress, schoolyard fight on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
She could see two boys engaged in the opening fists of a fight from her office window. The phone is ringing.
Usually she’d already be down there separating the two with her thundering headmistress tones.
Not today. She sat pencil in hand, empty forms on the desk in front of her, dressed as usual in a functional [...]
