Proof By Contradiction
by Alex W. Wells
First week of an economics degree. Ewan Carrick is eighteen, three days off the train from Lewisham, already certain he's leaving. The halls smell of damp. The grey is non-negotiable. Then Dr Laurence Haldrey walks into a lecture theatre and uncaps a marker. Haldrey is thirty-one. Oxford-trained. Held together by … [Read More]
Bare
by Alex W. Wells
Neil Ashworth has spent four years not being looked at. He teaches English at a Manchester comprehensive. Arrives at 7:20. Takes the back staircase, drinks his coffee before the staff room fills, and locks his office door twice before he leaves at night. His ex-wife knows he is gay. His … [Read More]