Cause and effect Stories

I’d been at the cabin for a few hours and the tension was building. T was due around now, and it felt like the first minute would tell us a lot: whether this was a terrible mistake or at the very least a week of freedom, fun, and possibly sexual expansion. I was tempted to have a beer to calm my nerves but it felt rude to have a head start, and if I got carried away, T arriving to me slurring or snoring would not have bee...

It was a glorious day: the sun was beating down, and I’d been driving for a few hours, lost in the music but also in my thoughts about the potential outcomes and happenings of the week ahead. I followed the satnav, off the motorway, then along a main road for a few miles, then two smaller roads, and into a lane with high hedges. I almost missed the nondescript gate, notable only for the single yellow fence post, as descri...

I open my eyes while sitting here, on the dock,Legs dangling over the edge, the sun shining in my eyes.It creeps above the misty horizon, reassuring me with its presence,It is always there, every morning, cyclic, neverending, forever.I smile and wonder at the word, 'forever'My eyes have been closed for too long now.Closed because they cannot see the future.Or don't want to acknowledge what may become of us. In the end, wh...