Category: Fiction

The Portfolio

I’m creating a portfolio. Day by day, bit by bit. Have been for many years now.

What I do is this.

I visit the train station and I sit and wait. I’m looking for expressions.

There’s one in particular I have yet to find. I want to capture that look in a person’s eyes when they imagine they are being watched. An uncomfortable moment that verges on fear and makes them look around reflexively. That’s the one I am looking for – that unease.

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