wake up call in the big smoke | fiction

story time from east London

*This story was recently accepted for publication in an international literary magazine. A couple more are coming soon to Substack, please consider an upgrade for full access to all of my work.

wake up call in the big smoke

Gabriel woke in the corner of a room on a mattress. The taste of gin; the smell of stale human sweat. A warm body pulsed beside him.…