Podge Dirkins' published ficlets

  • Her Last Bad Boy (3) Mature Inspired by text

  • Tommy Inspired by text

    Dobson finished his beer and went to the dock.

    The Selkirk kid was cuckoo, no doubt. Three hours of questioning and not once…

  • Career Change Inspired by text

    “That sounds nice…” Clara heard herself say.

    “It’s a bit more…dangerous…than what you’re accustomed to. But we can tal…

  • Headhunted Inspired by text

    There was a sound, small at first but now rising in volume and jabbing jagged into her temples where before there was only …

  • The Call Inspired by text

    “Psychic Sidekick,” Clara said, tired. “How can I heal you?”

    The insincerity of it stung as much as usual. She’d write a new…

  • Under Water

    “It’s in the river,” I told him.

    “The body, Mr Selkirk?”

    He’s still smoking. Even after I’ve asked him not to, politely, th…

  • Her Last Bad Boy (2) Mature Inspired by text

  • Her Last Bad Boy (1) Mature

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