Tales by Flora Jardine:
"Gardens of History", Shifting Landscapes (Wandering Words anthology no. 2), 2021
"Masquerade" and "Variant Company", Writers and Readers Magazine, March, and July, 2021
"I Will All My Worldly Goods to Robot", Funny Pearls, 2021
"Haunted House", Disquiet Arts, Jan. 2021
"Windows on the World", Bandit Fiction, 2020
"The Inkwell of Loneliness", Mask and Spectacle, Sept. 2020
"Support Payments",
http://www.short-humour.org.uk/10writersshowcase/supportpayments.htm
http://www.short-humour.org.uk/10writersshowcase/supportpayments.htm
"A Long Marriage", pifMagazine, No. 268, September 2019 https://www.pifmagazine.com/2019/09/a-long-marriage/
"Suicide Post", Island Writer, 17(1) 2019
"Tunnelling Down", Wandering Words: Anthology of West Coast Writing, 2018
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DO YOU LIKE LOCAL POLITICAL SATIRE?
PER-VERSE
Think how boring life would be
if
everything was known ahead,
if
living held no mystery
and
all you needed to say was said
Imagine
you woke to certainty
and
went to bed with nothing at stake
Would
nightly sleep more peaceful be
or
would wanting what's hidden keep you awake?
Would
you rather a floating fetus be
suspended
unknowing in a safe soft womb,
knowing
not dread nor comedy
nor
what might happen from now until doom?
I don't want to know what you'll say next,
I'd rather muse on words and subtext
While the firelight flickers question marks,
I sit and fall silent and watch soft sparks
I'd rather muse on words and subtext
While the firelight flickers question marks,
I sit and fall silent and watch soft sparks
If
all was known ahead of its time
who
could bear eternity?
You gave me your word about everything
but
I want delicious uncertainty
-- A. Blair.