Raef C. Boylan : Writing

THE TERRORIST 0.2

THE TERRORIST 0.2

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


A flurry of human noise up ahead. Whack. Thud. Thud. Then I was running towards the broken, afraid of what I’d find, but propelled in speed..
THE TERRORIST 0.3

THE TERRORIST 0.3

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


Head resting on the bus window, so I can feel the vibrations singing through my teeth. The usual sounds of public transport filled to half-capacit..
THE TERRORIST 0.4

THE TERRORIST 0.4

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


Everyone is racist, to differing degrees; we’d agreed on that. Any claims of being ‘colour-blind’ had long been refuted by her argum..
THE TERRORIST 0.5

THE TERRORIST 0.5

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


“Today, in his second week at Number 10, the Prime Minister has announced that Britain may be looking at another fifteen years of the War On Ter..
THE TERRORIST 0.6

THE TERRORIST 0.6

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


Gripping her shoulders earnestly in the porch of her father’s house . What are you doing? she demands, trying to peel off my fingers. Liste..
THE TERRORIST 0.7

THE TERRORIST 0.7

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


Reluctant to leave the stuffiness that has been my home for the last three hours, I check the watch and know that I must. I emerge into the semi-dazzl..
THE TERRORIST 0.8

THE TERRORIST 0.8

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


But I don’t want to die today, my brain screams, as I take a step further into their midst. It’s all too confused and might not even wor..
THE TERRORIST 0.9

THE TERRORIST 0.9

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


As one, we take a few turns down back-alleys between shops, past the city’s main car park, and arrive at a weathered building proclaiming to be ..
THE TERRORIST 0.10

THE TERRORIST 0.10

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


“SHUT IT. NOW.” Some had turned at the echo of trainer soles slapping on wooden crate; now all eyes were my way. “Discontent ..
THE TERRORIST 0.11

THE TERRORIST 0.11

A Chapter by Raef C. Boylan


“Discontent can have VIOLENT CONSEQUENCES,” I repeat. “I am one of them.” They’re paying less attention now, more of ..