Reign of Thought - Chapter 2Chapter 2The interview was at the library in town: less than a twenty minute drive inland from the village. Lana finished at the shop earlier than usual, leaving one of the other workers to close. It was a fine night; she felt uplifted: the previous day's anxiety forgotten. As Lana pulled into the Library's car park, she realised she was earlier than anticipated; she decided to sit in her car for a while. The library was a beautiful building, set near the centre of town: a large manor house constructed from burnt bricks. It reminded Lana of her junior school. A smile grazed her li
Reign of Thought - Chapter 1Chapter 1Lana paused on the verge of the cobbled driveway. Her eyes glazed over the cliff tops, out to sea; the waves were rough: a grey mass of horned rhinos charging, it seemed endlessly, for shore. The sky was riven apart; storm clouds clung in a sullen chain over the village, but further over, a mirage of blue gave hope of a fine evening. A chill April wind whipped hair across Lana's pensive face, in twists of gnarled mahogany, as another downpour threatened. The unsettled feeling had returned. She breathed heavily to control the unease mounting inside, as in her head she repeated the same phrase over again: Everything's fine; everythin