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Jacques808

Surreal fiction

I knock out a few short stories each week. They're mostly hybrids of different genres, wandering over into horror, but dancing a little with speculative fiction as well.
  • The Caretaker and the sea

    In 2004 I used to work for the government on a national scheme that was helping people on benefits. This story begins there, then goes on.

    • Short Story
    • Literature ยท Realistic
    19 min read


What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god -- the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!
— William Shakespeare