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I'm drawn to blogging as a way to share ideas and consider what makes us who we are. Whether it's in our working life or our creativity, expression is a means to connect.

Schadenfreude – Twenty Eight

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Helen

No, screamed Voice. No, you don’t want to know the truth..log out now, leave it alone! You don’t want to know. Shutup Voice, David thought. Vlad: Yes. Yes I do. Schadenfreude: All right, but only because the truth might make … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Seven: Pride

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Helen

We called them the ‘Prideful Ones’ or the ‘Conceited Gang”. I remember that well, from school. They liked the names, even if they were not kindly meant.  They could afford to, for their pride arose from their social status.  Every … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twenty Seven

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Helen

He came back to the chat room an hour later. It was empty. Somehow he knew she would also sense this, or guess this, and return. He only had to wait about ten minutes. Her nickname appeared. Vlad: Clever trick … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Six: Envy

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Helen

It was a small offering. The group is demanding, but one so fresh and innocent is always welcomed. And she was fresh as morning dew, and twice as innocent. She had no right to be so untouched, so perfect. Life … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twenty Six

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Helen

  What was she trying to tell him? Was she really trying to tell him anything, or was it all part of the game? Obviously she was a liar. But she was a clever one. There would be clues. Intelligence … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Five: Wrath

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Helen

In hell they rage.  They wake in torment and they scream to the unhearing universe. In hell every slight, every scornful look, every trick played upon them is etched large and dark.  Hell is not fire, hell is not external … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twenty Five

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Helen

He had been waiting in the chatroom for Norman, but Norman was conspicuous by his absence. It made him wonder, briefly, when she appeared, if in fact Norman and Schaden were the same person – that Norman wasn’t even really … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Four: Sloth

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Helen

  It started as a general sleepiness. I put it down to playing computer games too late into the night.  A friend had given me a particularly addictive game only a few weeks before and I’d rather overdone it, even … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twenty Four

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Helen

The first sign came from the original source – he looked at the comedy sites. Schaden was still posting. Days after the attack. His heart sank. He swallowed the bitter pill of knowledge. She wasn’t in some hospital. Even if … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Three: Greed

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Helen

I had to laugh.  The devil looks exactly like you’d expect him to look.  Perhaps that’s the point. But for me, raised on too many horror movies about yuppie sociopaths, I expected a cross of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho … Continue reading →

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