Yorgos Melas

Emaciated, bleak and terrified, rolling around in their sockets as if there was some powerful intoxication in his system.

Emaciated, bleak and terrified, rolling around in their sockets as if there was some powerful intoxication in his system.

The Sam fellow pushed this paper-thin man to one side and I heard his body thud against the wall.

The Sam fellow pushed this paper-thin man to one side and I heard his body thud against the wall.

It was wooden and hollow.

It was wooden and hollow.

We carried on down this tight hallway.

We carried on down this tight hallway.

This man I suspected to be Latimer, this Sam, just talking near total nonsense, just irrelevancies over and over again until he walked me down some steps.

This man I suspected to be Latimer, this Sam, just talking near total nonsense, just irrelevancies over and over again until he walked me down some steps.

It felt at first like a basement until the air got cooler and cooler and cooler.

It felt at first like a basement until the air got cooler and cooler and cooler.

I could smell dirt and within seconds I could feel it under my shoes.

I could smell dirt and within seconds I could feel it under my shoes.

He finally stopped talking and walked me to a cut in this dirt trench under the house.

He finally stopped talking and walked me to a cut in this dirt trench under the house.

No foundations, just earth.

No foundations, just earth.

There were industrial spotlights all pointed at this rock right in the centre.

There were industrial spotlights all pointed at this rock right in the centre.