Chris Noonan

Joined July 2021

7 stories

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A gardener and a writer. I write poetry and short stories about pretty much anything. Author of ‘Red Fang’ and ‘Peripheral Loss’.

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Fire in the Sails
I mapped your coastline with a compass Marking the point of no return With a pencil line upon the map Only monsters lie beyond.
By Chris Noonan4 years ago in Poets
How I Fell
I’m not sure when I saw her first Before I fell or after, Before, I was a blind man stumbling After, I still stumbled but I saw
By Chris Noonan4 years ago in Poets
The Bored King's Burden
“Your Majesty, the imperial delegation has arrived,” the steward said from beside the king’s throne. “Should I order the trumpets blown and the sacrificial victims brought forward?”
By Chris Noonan4 years ago in Fiction
Trudging Towards a Red Sky
“Why are we doing this, Pavlov?” Mikhail exhaled sharply out of his nose and twitched his nostrils. He wanted to scratch but touching the face while wearing the thick rubber gloves was a mistake every recruit made only once.
By Chris Noonan4 years ago in Fiction
The Holiday
A can of beans, sausages, and a head of lettuce that would only lose a few leaves. The food kept coming, sliding down the sanitized slope, given a little shove by an indifferent hand, to be packed away in the carrier bag.
By Chris Noonan4 years ago in Fiction
The Swamp Knight's Reward
Wights circled the knight, dancing around him but staying out of the reach of his sword. They passed behind trees, following him as he waded deeper into the swamp.
By Chris Noonan4 years ago in Fiction
The Book
“What’s that? Is that one of those Weiner Schnitzels?” Ward gave the photo a disgusted look and sat back in his seat. “Is it broken?”
By Chris Noonan4 years ago in Fiction

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Fire in the Sails

How I Fell

The Bored King's Burden

Trudging Towards a Red Sky

The Holiday

The Swamp Knight's Reward

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