It's Late...
It’s Late…
It’s late. I didn’t think you were coming.
I know. I was on my way, but friends caught up with me in Lime Street Station and insisted I go for a bevy with them. You know what we’re like in Liverpool! We don’t take no for an answer.
Erm…
Look, Jack…
What’s the matter? Second thoughts?
The wind whipped over the edge of the steps. Slicing, sleuthing into both coats.
Oh for God’s sake Joan! Not all that born again crap again!!
Spare me.
Well, no, Karl. But it’s not as easy as that. I mean, I have my… … Karl. Karl. KARL!
The disappearance of his long shadow called back to her and vanished.
16 May 2023
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Ken Webb is a writer and proofreader. His website, kennwebb.com, showcases his work as a writer, blogger and podcaster, resting on his successive careers as a police officer, progressing to a junior lawyer in succession and trusts as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, a retired officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and latterly, for three years, the owner and editor of two lifestyle magazines in Liverpool.
He also just handed over a successful two year chairmanship in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham Regency Probus.
Pandemic aside, he spends his time equally between his city, Liverpool, and the county of his birth, Gloucestershire.
In this fast-paced present age, proof-reading is essential. And this skill also occasionally leads to copy-editing writers’ manuscripts for submission to publishers and also student and post graduate dissertations.
