Angel Caging

'It rapes carpets. Nice pedal, ' said Mags. It wasn't what she was trying to say. Not nearly. Not again, she thought.

How do we get out when the world traps us inside? There is no single escape for the characters in these twenty-nine short and very short stories. Some of them break, some unwind, some rewind, some leave the planet, some scream at the wind, others lock themselves away and forget they were ever here. One or two simply ascend. It's often the only practical way out of the cage.

Martin Reed's short fiction has been published widely in print and online. This is his first collection.

- Violeaza covoarele. Pedala frumoasa ', a spus Mags.