Ready for the chop? Emily and Poppi offer encouragement. On Saturday evening, Richard suddenly announced that he wanted his hair cut short. His naturally curly, thick dark brown hair had been long since his teens. When we first met, he had what is now called a mullet but at the time the style was simply described as long-at-the-back-and-short-at-the-sides. Very 1980s. Which was fine when you were actually in the 1980s. He'd had enough of total strangers assuming they were both witty and innovative by telling him, often loudly, that he looked like a particular ageing porn star or Frank from Shameless. And he'd had enough of getting his long locks tangled in the head-straps on his sleep apnoea mask. He'd mentioned his intention to Ted, when they were in their usual pub on Saturday. Ted apparently said Richard would never go through with it. Ted would buy him a pint, (of non-alcoholi...
Adele Cosgrove-Bray is a writer and artist based in Wirral, England. Her writing has been published traditionally in magazines and anthologies, and she has also explored self-publishing. Her Artisan-Sorcerer novels have drawn an impressive cult following.