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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.

The Others – Twenty-Two

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Helen

For a moment I stood, the alien to these two glittering creatures, feeling partly like an ignorant fool and partly like a hero in a myth who had united an ancient king and queen who were separated by a curse. … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Four

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Helen

One of the beauties of the internet was that someone who had previously not existed at all could suddenly burst into virtual existence like one in a series of big bangs. You didn’t have to be born there and deal … Continue reading →

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The Others – Twenty-One

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Helen

Natalie was both excited and a bit frightened. So was I. We sat, calming each other and buoying each other up in the interminable taxi trip to Gabriel’s home. He lived in Surry Hills, in the penthouse apartment of a … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Three

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Helen

David loved this new person and the stir that he or she caused. He guessed it was a ‘she’, it sounded like a she, but the internet could be deceptive. He switched his computer to private message mode and addressed … Continue reading →

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The Others – Twenty

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Helen

I didn’t have to wait long. Friday night I was settling to watch a DVD I’d rented, with a beer by my side and a packet of chips, when the phone rang. I checked the caller ID before I answered … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Two

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Helen

The fight on the net that night was a common one. It involved how obsessively some of the girls – all of them in actual fact – were about following the ‘top’ talent of the day. This usually equated with … Continue reading →

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The Others – Nineteen

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Helen

The issue was how to make contact with the enigmatic Gabriel. I intuited that this could be even more difficult than it had been to talk with Natalie at the club, for similar reasons, but magnified because I half suspected … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – One

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Helen

David was tired. He rubbed his eyes because they almost ached. On applying pressure they felt almost bruised. He knew he should turn the light on. Sunset had come and gone and now only the light of the computer screen … Continue reading →

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The Others – Eighteen

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Helen

On the screen a further mystery unfolded. Natalie had turned to look at the man and he had turned from his companion to look at her. They stood for one instant, one regarding the other, no awareness of or focus … Continue reading →

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Animation – Eighteen

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Helen

The true nature of a god is loneliness. I know this now. It is the price of such power, it follows in its wake. You cannot commune with others that are, essentially, alien to you. It is to be separate. … Continue reading →

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