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The Watchtower part III
Joseph Hickman June 01 2026

The final chapter of a story of power and order. Our protagonist, Elias, has had his behaviour influenced by a mysterious tower, but is slowly getting back control. By Joseph Hickman

Issue 160 and 161 published the first sections of The Watchtower, an atmospheric, mysterious story revolving around Elias and a ...

The Watchtower part II
Joseph Hickman April 01 2026

The second chapter of this story about a mysteriously powerful structure affecting somebody’s behaviour. Our protagonist, Elias, begins to wrestle some control from the tower. By Joseph Hickman

Recap: Issue 160 of the Pavement featured The Watchtower part I, which details a rigid structure influencing a person’s behaviou...

The Watchtower part I
Joseph Hickman February 01 2026

A rigid structure influences a person’s behaviour in the first part of this creative short story, by Joseph Hickman

The Architecture The watchtower did not announce itself as a tower. It had no silhouette, no horizon line where it cut the ...

Poet's story
Joseph Hickman December 01 2025

The Man Who Walks Through Smoke

Lines on adversity, trauma, resilience and healing. Plus a tribute to jazz legend John Coltrane. Poems by Joseph Hickman and Chris Bird

The Man Who Walks Through Smokeby Joseph HickmanHe was born beneath a roof that forgot how to sing,its rafters sagging with unsh...

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