I queue at the bakery every morning. You serve me with a warm smile below a flour smudged nose. I want to talk. To hold you. Kiss your nose. I want a brave man’s courage. I buy a loaf, even though I’m gluten intolerant. The things we do for love.

James Hancock is a writer/screenwriter of comedy, thriller, horror, sci-fi and twisted fairy tales. A few of his short screenplays have been made into films, and he has been published in print magazines, online, and in anthology books. He lives in England, with his wife and two daughters. And a bunch of pets he insisted his girls could not have.