A.R. Lerwill

Joined June 2021

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It was an overcast Tuesday morning. Uninspiring light cascaded through the window to the left-hand side of the dimly lit private room. Inside, a middle-aged female patient was lying in bed asleep, attached to a heart monitor and drip.
By A.R. Lerwill5 years ago in Families
The Watch
‘Fuck!’ she proclaimed, looking down at the shattered remains of the antique watch. ‘What on Earth were you thinking, Beatrice?’ Lewis objected, rushed in, pushed her aside, and stared down at the small pile of metal and glass. ‘Do you think that is funny?’
By A.R. Lerwill5 years ago in Humans
Who I Am To You
There was an uncomfortable silence. To fill the vacuum between them with small talk would only exasperate the mood. There was no need.
By A.R. Lerwill5 years ago in Humans
Bad Coffee
‘What’s that?’ the noticeably sleep-deprived taxi driver asks, whilst looking back at me in the smudged rear-view mirror. ‘Oh, this?' — I lift up the opened, transparent cartridge that has thick, red liquid inside — ‘it’s just replacement juice for my vaporiser. I am filling her up.’
By A.R. Lerwill5 years ago in Humans
Home
‘Mummy, how long is it until we get there?’ ‘Not too long now,’ Soleil said softly, turning around to look at her young daughter sat harnessed in the rear seat of the car. She could see that Lana was tired, and reached back to gently brush away hair covering her daughter’s small, plump face.
By A.R. Lerwill5 years ago in Earth
Strands of Time
Warm rain. A perpetual, light shower falling across the gormless landscape, on a day like any other. She had lost track of which it was. Her memory had been affected by malnourishment. It all merged into one like the colours smudged upon an artist’s palette.
By A.R. Lerwill5 years ago in Futurism