Porkbolter Press presents

47 Random Fragments of Unauthorised Hope and Despair

by Paul Cudenec

The author formally retains copyright over the whole of this work of fiction, but permits non-commercial reproduction or distribution. Enquiries c/o porkbolter@eco-action.org



“Hope is a strange thing. A currency for people who know they are losing.”

Frankie Mac in Richard Jobson’s film ‘16 Years of Alcohol’.


“Somehow you will fail. Something will defeat you. Life will defeat you.”

Winston Smith to his torturers in George Orwell’s novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’.


1 Fragment 1   2 Fragment 2
3 Fragment 3   4 Fragment 4
5 Fragment 5   6 Fragment 6
7 Fragment 7   8 Fragment 8
9 Fragment 9   10 Fragment 10
11 Fragment 11   12 Fragment 12
13 Fragment 13   14 Fragment 14
15 Fragment 15   16  Fragment 16
17 Fragment 17   18 Fragment 18
19 Fragment 19   20 Fragment 20
21 Fragment 21   22 Fragment 22
23 Fragment 23   24 Fragment 24
25 Fragment 25   26 Fragment 26
27 Fragment 27   28 Fragment 28
29 Fragment 29   30 Fragment 30
31 Fragment 31   32 Fragment 32
33 Fragment 33   34 Fragment 34
35 Fragment 35   36 Fragment 36
37 Fragment 37   38 Fragment 38
39 Fragment 39   40 Fragment 40
41 Fragment 41   42 Fragment 42
43 Fragment 43   44 Fragment 44
45 Fragment 45   46 Fragment 46
47 Fragment 47