Category Archives: Short Stories & Diaries

Part 3 of the diary of a male escort in Dublin – we follow the true confessions of Joseph Beirce.

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  (Joseph Beirce in jail) Update 3: Appearances So, if you haven’t met me, you are probably wondering what I look like. I’m average. Average height, average hair and eye and skin colour. I’m in shape. I know I am … Continue reading

Part 2 of the diary of a male escort in Dublin – we follow the true confessions of Joseph Beirce.

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 (Joseph Beirce in jail) Joseph Beirce is currently broken hearted and formerly a male escort. Here’s what he has to say (Part One can be read on the front page): … Part 2: Beginnings There’s only a few things people ask … Continue reading

The diary of a male escort in Dublin – we follow the true confessions of Joseph Beirce.

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(Joseph Beirce in jail) Joseph Beirce is currently broken hearted and formerly a male escort. Here’s what he has to say: >  Why am I writing this? I’m not just an animal. I’m not just flesh and bone and blood and … Continue reading

Get Your Offline Life Back – a short story by Rebecca Simmonds.

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Get Your Offline Life Back: “So, Janet? Tell us why you’re here?” “I’ve…” Janet looks to the left of her at the man with a striking jaw line and jet black hair and then back down to her brown sandals, … Continue reading

An amusing Travelogue: King’s Cross to Edinburgh – by Liam Mckenna.

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The train eases to a halt. I swing my rucksack over my shoulder just missing the face of a businessman behind me. I turn sheepishly.“Sorry.” I yank my bulging suitcase out, over a polished shoe belonging to the same man. … Continue reading

Pub Life: the diary of a daytime drinker in East London – by Bex Balfourth.

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Today I visit The William on Leyton High Road. It looks daytime dark from the outside, the windows dinged a bit by the words written in the windows. Despite the dimming effect, the words do the trick: Brodie’s Ales, £1.99. … Continue reading

Flat Politics: Operation Fairy Liquid and the strange world of house sharing.

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Because I’m sad, and because I spend most of my time cooped up inside this claustrophobic flat, I have started playing mind games with my flat mates, and it has led me to firmly believe that if I tried hard … Continue reading

The diary of an American girl in England – part two!

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Day 2 : I go to Starbucks this morning, the only familiar place in my life, and a place I used to be a barista at. Once there I try to order a short bold and oatmeal. The barista was … Continue reading

The diary of an American girl in England – by Kasey Carroll.

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Day 1 After an awful FULL day of flying from Los Angeles to North Carolina, and then to London Gatwick, I finally made it here with only about two hundred and fifty dollars to my name. I stepped off the plane … Continue reading

The girl with no mobile phone – MORE collecting!

Below is part two: click here for part one of… the girl with no mobile phone! The girl with no phone had a date in the country, but despite actually now owning a phone, sort of, she still very much believed phones … Continue reading