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About Helen

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 Three

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Helen

There were times when self-interest had to give way to something better, and as he lay in the relatively safety of the hospital room, surrounded by the very best medical care, he felt protected like a child by a parent. … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Two: Gluttony

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Helen

I couldn’t stop.  No-one could.  We just woke up this way, part of the ‘hungry world’. Someone said it was a curse that some warlock had made out of anger, spite or just to test his power.  Others said it … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twenty Two

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Helen

Greg found him two hours later. He stumbled in to the flat, thinking through his alcoholic daze, that it was odd that the door was wide open. What he saw on the loungeroom floor sobered him instantly. David’s breathing was … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) One: Lust

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Helen

There are rules to this game.  They are ancient.  There is no sign of the matriarchal lines here. The rules work for men only.  As it has been for centuries. This is the way they trap you.  This is the … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twenty One

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Helen

‘What have you done to her?’ Andrew mimicked again in his sing-song voice, ‘Why don’t I show you, if you want to know..I always think actions speak louder than words..’ Andrew reached out and hit David hard across the face. … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Photography

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Helen

He would show up in my photography. At first it was so indistinct I just thought I had some flaw in the digital camera. I almost went back to the shop with it, but initially  his image came and went. … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twenty

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Helen

‘Okay Andrew..I suppose you mean Lisa..’ ‘I suppose you mean Lisa,’ he mimicked, making David’s voice sound girlish and weak. ‘Of course I fucking mean Lisa..how long have you been fucking her?’ ‘I haven’t’ said David honestly, and hoped for … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) There

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Helen

That’s where they took us as I told the police. This dank, broken place. Once it was a warehouse, one of them said, but it had been abandoned for years. It was a good place, he said, a good place … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Nineteen

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Helen

David never really contemplated how much he under-estimated people. His success, his sense of self on the internet and on the stage, and his ever-growing ego, did not allow enough space in his contemplation to consider that he could be … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Office Clown

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Helen

I was always the office clown. Every major event, especially Christmas and Easter, I’d put on a show. And in between I was the prankster, the joker, the one to bring a bit of levity into things. I had a … Continue reading →

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