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A Short Story by Nasir Ali Hussain. Warning: Contains bad language and depictions of sexual violence. Mr. Rafferty was my Science Teacher in High School and I believe that he was a genius. Microbes, corpuscles, enzymes and neutrons held few mysteries for him. He had pretty much mastered the complexities of the atom, neutron and Proton too. But,Continue reading “Mr. Rafferty’s Ruffians”

A Short Story by Simon Downham-Knight Warning: Contains bad language and depictions of self harm. When I get home to my bed-sit to find Henry gone, the first thing I think is that it’s that cunt Slater, so I go straight round to his flat to have it out with him. He comes to hisContinue reading “Lucy’s Olfactory Nightmare”

A short film written and directed by Simon Downham-Knight I wrote and directed Mano a Mano back in 2010. Like a lot of my work, its roots are planted firmly in reality and in this film’s case, it was something that happened to me in the late 1980s, when I was a teenager. I leftContinue reading “Mano a Mano”