Noise Stories

Walking along the canal towpath was Richard's way of reconnecting with his past. He'd lived on the opposite side of the city for over a decade, yet the row of houseboats looked exactly as he remembered them. He'd chosen to wander after visiting his old landlord, and his head was full of the stories they'd swapped. Though Richard was deep in thought, the sound of a scream from one of the boats immediately caught his attent...

When Susie watched her bus pull away, it summed up a day when very little had gone according to plan. Spinning out a coffee seemed a better idea than venturing out into the rain, so she went into the cafe and sat down opposite an older man who had sheets of paper covered with handwriting in front of him. In the hope of killing time with conversation, Suzie asked if the man had his life story in front of him. "No, these ar...