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The Garden.

June 26, 2015

Janet brightened up after lunch and the service staff were alarmed to hear her suddenly wittering away about the garden. …

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The Front Door.

June 24, 2015

Perpetually alert and infinitely calculating, Janet was sitting up in bed and waiting for the arrival of the new girl. …

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Master of Disaster.

January 21, 2014

My agency has been lately sending me to work at the hospital canteen, where I am usually put on the …

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Hideaway (A Ghost Story for Halloween).

October 29, 2013

The bedroom that they gave me at Joppa Grange was small, bare and draughty, and once the door had shut …

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Health and Safety Starts with Me.

May 5, 2013

When the alarm clock went off, I awoke with a grunt, automatically made my decision, disabled the alarm clock and …

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Welcome.

April 25, 2013

[Previous and similar here and here. Ed.]

Earning Our Bonus.

April 13, 2013

The role of agency workers in the supreme war between Capital and Labour is not an especially noble one: they …

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The Agency Workers (13).

September 8, 2012

Our manager Ken had been indisposed indefinitely, leaving a vacuum in leadership and brainpower at the hospital canteen. I had …

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The King Across The Water.

July 3, 2012

Pablo and I sometimes drink with a Spanish agency worker named Felip in the Cloisters pub. When we last came …

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A Vision in the Road.

June 25, 2012

The Agency Workers (12).

November 14, 2011

The agency sent Renata and I to the conference centre last night, to help out at a wedding reception. “The …

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“Henry Isn’t Working Here Anymore…”

October 18, 2011

The Little Fascist.

July 29, 2011

I had not spoken with my old friend Charlotte for over two years, and, with a mild surprise at how …

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Jiggery Pokery.

June 9, 2011

“You’ve heard the phrase the customer is always right… Well, guess what, they’re not.” John Turchiano, spokesman for the New …

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The Agency Workers (11).

January 19, 2011

When Renata began temping at one of the larger city hotels, she was warned that the chief executive was an …

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