Joe O’Connor
Bio
New Zealander living in London
Teacher of English and History, and sport-lover
Mostly short stories and poems📚
Feel free to be honest- one constructive comment beats a hundred generic ones
Currently writing James The Wonderer
Stories (45/0)
We turn dreams into reality.
I am sitting on the edge of my bunk. The harsh fluorescent lights are buzzing, I can hear them. They are loud, for lights. My room is an average size, I am told. Seven square metres. It is not square in shape though, it is actually a rectangle. I have always felt different, like I am out of sync with the world. Autism, they had said. Autism had given that feeling a name.
By Joe O’Connor3 days ago in Futurism
- Top Story - May 2024
He finished Sundays with a whiskey, neat.
As I watch the rise and fall of his chest, his breath catches ever-so-slightly in his throat, like a steam train rattling off into the distance. Welcome to your 4:06 service, this is the last stop before our final destination. Around us, the rustle of papery skin against starched sheets, the constant drip-drip of the IV fluid. It’s eerily quiet. One can’t help but reflect.
By Joe O’Connorabout a month ago in Fiction
James The Wonderer: Chapter Three
Read Chapter One: a bishop and a jump here: The older boy stepped forward uncertainly and moved closer to his young companion. “My name is Samuel, and this is James. We’re sorry to have startled you, but we needed a place to sleep for a few hours and this seemed safe”. He spoke slowly, enunciating every syllable with care.
By Joe O’Connorabout a month ago in Chapters
- Top Story - April 2024