small country
by
steve coel
me? i like to walk.
i like listening to places.
steve coel
[ interview: American Audio Prose Library, missouri, 1985 ]
2 extracts.
1]
12 months ago.
wave goodbye to the good times
...she noticed the writing when quickly dropping from view to hide from her minder. he was busy looking for her and she didn't fancy getting beaten up again so soon after the last time.
evil man, evil temper, bad habits.
but not even street minders come in this place.
not here.
owner, seeing it all, simply placed her own drink on the table.
...watching her calmly go outside for a couple of minutes and have a quiet word with her minder, she could straight away tell who was more powerful.
she watched them shake hands, a gangsters agreement reached...
2]
tonight.
...she looked out to the empty dark street and once more at the words, by the door, written in her own language.
small country [ draft ], from Tin Collector [ A Series of Micro Flash Fictions ] by Steve Coel, 2015
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steve coel
An 11.59 Publication, Birmingham
