Allen Ashley works as a creative writing tutor in London, UK. He is an award-winning editor and a prize-winning poet. He is a committee member of the British Fantasy Society. His latest book is an updated version of his novel “The Planet Suite” (Eibonvale Press, UK, 2016). He has a particular interest in writing within formal constrictions – word length, OuLiPo, etc. http://www.allenashley.com

This ten word story was typed on a manual Remington Quiet Riter, c. 1955. Let’s call him James, after the man who kept this typewriter very well.