Tag Archives: pessimism

WILLIAM MITCHELL: New Beginnings

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Midnight, in the frozen space where the Old Year greets the New.

“This is yours now,” says Old.

Stooping, broken, he can barely lift the world: its wars, famine and suffering.

New takes it, flushed with youthful optimism.

“I will make paradise, just watch.”

Old sighs. “You won’t survive January…”

William Mitchell lives in East Sussex in the South of England. He is an award-winning author, having had early success with various Horror and Science Fiction publications before winning the Writers of the Future contest in 2012. His first novel, CREATIONS, came out in 2014 with John Hunt Publishing.

CATHERINE MATHEWS: Assisted Living

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“You’ll like it here,” my children said, moving me from my home to Assisted Living.

My room overlooks the parking lot. Outside my door an endless corridor leads to the elevator. In the lobby old people play little games to pass the time.

Seems to me more like Assisted Dying.

Catherine Mathews, a retiree of the Foreign Service, spent time in Paris, Rome, Tel Aviv, Athens, Frankfurt and Istanbul.  Now living in northern Virginia she has published a memoir, and enjoys writing short fiction.