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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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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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Schadenfreude – Eight

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Helen

It was also about time to go behind the makeshift curtain because the first couple of acts had almost finished – each, David thought with a sense of self-gratification, ignored by Andrew. Perhaps it was his night after all, in … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Six

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Helen

Eventually, something in the tide seemed to turn, as inexplicable and sudden as her comings and goings had formerly been. David himself triggered it, based on her implied interest in his comedy, but even he was surprised when this seemed … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude – Five

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Helen

David loved it. They met in chat rooms when no-one else was around and talked about her exploits. She managed over a few weeks to break down some of the allegiances of months or years. She set one against the … Continue reading →

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Animation – Fourteen

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Helen

  Eventually I had to know. I now understood god and his wish for man to have free will in a manner I had previously not apprehended. Love is not love if it is coerced or forced. You must choose … Continue reading →

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Animation – Seven

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Helen

I am watching him talking with a friend. They have met at the doorway to his favourite café – now mine (I even go later in the day and sit at the same table, the same seat and drink coffee … Continue reading →

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Animation – Five

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Helen

I watch him from my balcony and wish for some suitable epigram, some wondrous words, to sum him up. I would be the Oscar to his Bosey, but without history’s ignominious end. It seems fitting. The art world is not … Continue reading →

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