YSJ Anthology 2015

‘How’s tricks, Phil?’
‘Not bad, not bad,’
‘I’ve been looking at this Bermuda Triangle type theory you’re on –’
‘No, I was wrong about Bermuda – I’ll text you. Stay away from the
river,’
19/04/14
Doug Walker, 75, is reported missing by his neighbour.
18/04/14
Emma picks up the flyer that slipped down the back of the cash
machine. York-River-Conspiracy.com… She picks up her phone to
look at the site. There is a list of around twenty-five missing people
from the past five years, all of whom had been seen near the Ouse
before they disappeared. Stuff about the depth and shape of the
river, how it made the water resonate at a strange frequency.
You couldn’t stay near it.
24/04/14
The police bring Phil back in to talk about Jen. They have him tell it
all over again. About their last walk by the river.
02/05/14
The river floods in unusually wet weather. There are calls to dredge
it to improve drainage.
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