duncan powell

“More red flags than a matador convention.”
― Abigail Dean, Day One

“all while Mabel barked and wagged at the same time to show she was friendly, yet capable of extreme violence.”
― Belinda Bauer, Exit

“Her hair is a mass of little curls. Does she make the curls herself, with tongs? Unlikely: it would take hours every day. They must grow that way. He has never seen such a tessitura from close by. The veins on her ears are visible as a filigree of red and purple. The veins of her nose too. And then a chin that comes straight out of her chest, like a pouter pigeon’s. As an ensemble, remarkably unattractive.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

“Since his son’s death, Biton has become a devotee of Dionysus, but being skint, he gets to worship rarely.”
― Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits