Shakaville – apologies for the ridiculous number of paragraphs:can’t seem to cut and paste stories properly

Shakaville 
           It was a great day. The sun was blazing, the sky was empty and blue The midday air was sticky with humidity. No one knew exactly where we were headed. Peter was the only one with a licence since he had had to repeat standard eight. This meant he made the choices about where [...]

SHE

 I was waiting anxiously outside the pharmacy, the chill wind sweeping through my overcoat, indifferent to the fur lined suede. I jiggled around, shaking, sucking on my cigarette, breathing out the damp smoke, flicking the ash over and over like a nervous junkie. Where was she, where was she, that slight beauty with the trembling [...]

him

“Place it in the hat.” I said. There was this man sitting on the side of the island.  The traffic light had just turned red. Usually they knock on the window, or mumble a lot, point at their tummies, lock onto your eyes, drilling into your white guilt. He was just sitting there on the [...]

The walk: a south african tale

 Freaking Friday night! I think, sitting awhile, tired of the emptiness of my television, a cold reminder that I’m alone tonight. I decide to take a walk to get some fresh air, a little exercise to clear the head and besides, my cigarettes have run out. 
The evening is colder than I thought it would be. But the air is [...]

50 word story composed in a meeting

One day a little boy walked home with his loving mum because he was scared of the ragged bullies that lurked in the bush. Why were they waiting, he mused, holding her hand tightly. Pensive, he watched the sun disappear behind the silhouette of his quaint suburban paradise, and sighed.