September
By Darren Speegle
"As he drove by the sign marking the limit of the village,
Galen compulsively shifted his gaze to the mirror. This side of
the sign provided the same information as the other, except the
word had a slash through it, to indicate one was leaving town. Sept,
the metal plate bluntly maintained. Out in the middle of nowhere,
a village bearing his own surname. What were the odds?"
A Banshee Sang on Tottenham Court Road Tube Station
By Martin McGrath
"The banshee was waiting for me at the bottom of the escalator
in Tottenham Court Road tube station. If I'd known what she was,
I'd have run a mile. But I didn't. "
Catt
By N. R. Simpson, DVM
"5 December 1667. The loud crowing of a cock awoke me to both
the new day and a pounding headache--a price I often paid for keeping
late hours, writing reports to King Charles II of England.
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