Jack Hawkins
Stories (3/0)
No Destination
Wearily, I opened my eyes. I could hear the steady bleep of machines and as I looked up, my vision came into focus. The room was dark, but in the faint ambient glow I could see a ceiling of bland plasterboard tiles and an array of tubes dangling down from a metal stand holding a pouch of liquid. I tried to look around but my head couldn’t move, sandwiched in a brace to keep my neck still. I looked down at my body. Wires stuck out of me and I was wearing a pale blue gown. My eyes strained to the side, following the wires to a large machine which seemed to be the source of the bleeping. A green light flashed in a steady rhythm. I was in hospital, but what had happened? Slowly my memory came back to me.
By Jack Hawkins3 years ago in Fiction
The Paperback Heart
Sarah sat on the bench, tears in her eyes as the stream of people filed past her like ghosts: the bankers in pristine suits, suitcases in hand, the tourists craning their necks at the skyscrapers reaching up high above them, heeding no attention to her moment of crisis.
By Jack Hawkins3 years ago in Fiction
The Man with the Shark Tattoo
Toby wheeled his hands through the water as he lay flat on his front on his surfboard and swam further out towards the rising sun, the spray on his face, dampening his sun-blonde hair, tucked behind his ears as it flowed jaggedly to his shoulders. He wore board shorts and a rash vest, despite the cool morning breeze. He could taste seawater and he smiled. He was at home on the water and today was no different. Crimson rays of light rippled over the water and the wind whipped up gentle waves across the bay. It was ideal conditions and the perfect way to start the day. He was all alone with nothing but him and the sea. He used his body to turn the board and paddled hard, placing his hands flat and pushing himself up, sliding his feet forward and moving into a crouch, before standing up and expertly catching the crest of the wave, slicing through the surf with ease.
By Jack Hawkins3 years ago in Fiction