Matthew Clapham
Bio
A professional translator from Britain, living in Spain. I write mainly about culture and language, as well as poetry and short stories. Environmental and technological threats, and the folly and hubris of humanity, are common themes.
Stories (3/0)
Last Two Standing
Caine rams her heel into the slurry of grime, oil and fragmented hardware, pushes down to find a footing with her boot, a fulcrum for the gatame hold she needs. Now isn't the moment for even the slightest distraction, but her mind flips momentarily to recall mode.
By Matthew Clapham25 days ago in Fiction
For Sale: Penthouse With View - Never Seen
Langan looks out from the balcony of his apartment on Hibiscus Bay. All he can see is an impenetrable curtain of apocalyptic typhoon rain, twitched this way and that by the occasional tug of wind shear. The sky beyond sketches itself out hazily in #2 pencil lead, threatening to whip out the expressionistic charcoals at any moment.
By Matthew Clapham25 days ago in Fiction
