Joshua Insole

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Two Wheels to the Coast by Joshua Insole

1“I miss cars,” complained my daughter.Silence. Well, silence except for…Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.“Moooom,” she whined.Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.The heat was thick and tangible. It felt as if you could take a knife and slice the air before your very eyes. It was heavy, and horribly oppressive.

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How to Build a Boat by Joshua Insole

1I knew I was in for a spot of bother when the plane’s left wing exploded. There had been a violent shudder, an audible churning sound (krr-rrr, krr-rrr, krrrrr), then a few seconds of respite… and then KA-BOOM!I remember looking out of the passenger window just as the thing blew up; first a few licks of orange flames were spat out of the spinning engine, and then there was a blinding detonation of dark r...

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Water Wears Rock by Joshua Insole

1The seagulls are circling overhead, crying. The ocean’s waves are lapping up against the sand, whispering. In the distance stand the resolute shadows of mountains, shimmering.A man is motionless before the darkened sand where the seawater has licked the shore, holding his hands behind his back. The man carries with him an air of well-earned wisdom, but if he were to walk, we’d see that his movements are slow and pained.

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The Things That Do Not Float by Joshua Insole

Shaun jumped from the cliff’s edge. With each passing second, he felt the temperature drop and the pressure rise. The sensation of the movement was faint; if he closed his eyes, it felt as if he weren’t moving at all. Down and down he went, falling forever. “Do you have to?” his mum had asked. He dropped, he was dropping, he would continue to drop, always, always.

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Printed Words by Joshua Insole

1The worst moment came when I needed to use the bathroom. I had held on for as long as I could – until my bladder was at exploding point, actually – but I knew I would have to go sooner rather than later.But how would I do it? I looked around, searching for something to aid me in this process. At that moment, I was simultaneously relieved and miserable that I was unaccompanied; I was deeply lonely and terrified, but glad that nobody was present to w...

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Too Many Candles by Joshua Insole

1“So, what’d you get ‘im?”“Hm?”“I said,” said the impatient voice, “what’d you get ‘im?”“Oh, oh right! Oh, well, hm, you see—"“You didn’t get ‘im anything?”“Well—”The other converser tutted. “It does not bode well to turn up to a birthday party without a gift.” She had a thick and strong cockney accent that had obvio...

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Author bio

Hi there! I’m Josh, a Brit living in Innsbruck, Austria. I write mostly in the genres of horror and science fiction, but dabble here and there in other areas, when the feeling is right. Check out my WordPress site: https://joshuainsole.wordpress.com/ I intend to publish my debut novel by 2020.

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