The Random Plant
by Duncan Darby
‘He turned on his back. The sleet belted down on him from the black cynical sky above. He watched it mournfully, as his eyelids began their close. Something else was watching. It would be watching all night. It stood patiently, but like its master, it was almost dead.’
An engrossing debut novella, it is a compelling story of one man’s lost love, ferocious addiction, and an odd partnership.