Author Archives: eprasher

No matter how much she sleeps, she always looks tired. There are purple crescents under her grey eyes, which are half closed. She hides the crescents with too much black eyeliner, and puts on another coat of mascara to ‘open … Continue reading →

The woman two tables over from me looks French in the classical, cinematic way that very beautiful girls sometimes do. She has a cloud of not-quite-black hair falling to just below her narrow shoulders. Her face is almost unbearably pale … Continue reading →

The room is a mess; crumpled, dirty clothes and unopened envelopes (mostly from the dreaded bank) almost entirely obscure the polished wood floor. The one chair, a broken-down and rather sad-looking wicker affair, is piled high with washing and unwatched … Continue reading →

Never use contractions when writing letters, won’t it depend who I’m writing them to? Never use a pre-tied bow tie, can anyone tell the difference? Never smoke a cigar in the presence of a lady, do they get lung cancer … Continue reading →