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Tag Archives: Employment Agency

My Days-of-Mourning Diary.

September 18, 2022

This is what it must be like for those people who live in a town at the base of a …

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The Massacre of the Agency Workers.

February 2, 2016

Tycienski herded most of the stunned agency workers through the kitchen door and out into the night. The workers were …

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Under The Stairs.

January 26, 2016

Tycienski threw himself like a tennis ball down flights of stairs. He was immensely cheerful now that he was free …

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More Figures On The Lawn.

January 17, 2016

What Tycienski knew was this: Agata had been sacked from the agency eight months ago. On the phone, however, she …

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The Coracles of Tubers.

July 21, 2015

A girl in an apron had appeared, looking as if she was about to stamp her foot and shoo them …

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The Armchair.

July 2, 2015

The agency deployed its workers throughout a broad chain of hospices and care homes, rather like a militaristic empire sending …

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The No-Go Rooms.

July 1, 2015

When the new girl arrived back at the house that evening, longing to put her feet up after traipsing for …

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The Room Under The Eaves.

June 30, 2015

The house had settled down after lunch; little doors had opened in inconspicuous places and gulped down all of those …

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The Red Carpet.

June 28, 2015

Macbeth had been abandoned just after the murder of Duncan, which had at least provided a fortuitous ending to the …

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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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