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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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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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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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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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Schadenfreude – Fifteen

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Helen

Schaden/Lisa was a perverse creature, he decided, or maybe the medium of the internet brought that out in her. Whatever the case, at lunch she’d been almost overwhelming in her openness and emotion, but now, over the net, she reverted … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Thirteen

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Helen

David felt disappointment collapse in his chest, a trickling that turned quickly to what felt like a gushing of blood in his chest cavity. It was physical, this reaction, it was sickening. Could she be persuaded to see someone else? … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Twelve

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Helen

David knew Claude’s bistro quite well. Two years before he’d worked in a less celebrated accountancy office and it had small rooms tucked away in York Street, so he would often get out of the depression of the place and … Continue reading →

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The Others – Twenty Nine

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Helen

“We’ve worked out how not to see each other when we don’t want to,” Gabriel is saying down the lens, ‘Just for the dramatic effect of the film, you see. And you’re right, Roger was a cheap bastard. He has … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Ten

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Helen

Elevated on the sense of success in his pursuit of Schaden, David felt confident in other pursuits. It was almost midday at the office. He’d done two tax returns for clients with more money than sense or morals, and found … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Nine

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Helen

Vlad: Did you like the show? Schadenfreude: To all accounts you were very good. Vlad: To all accounts? What does that mean? Schadenfreude: Others say so, don’t you want to know that too? Do you only want my opinion? Vlad: … Continue reading →

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