Hologram Kebab - Deluxe edition: Short Stories

By Phillip Carter

Anya has the worst hangover in history. Not only has the kebab gone cold, but her cheating boyfriend is back, and he's a ghost. But that's not all, he's convinced that he is alive, and that Anya is dead. Or half-dead. Something terrible happened last night, and now the couple is in techno-limbo.

 

It all started when Keaton sent a naughty picture to Anya's best friend, and it all ends with a gadget Anya was about to throw away.

 

This dark comedy story from comedian/author Phillip Carter is one of his weirdest yet. Grab this exclusive deluxe edition eBook to experience the strangest, funniest hangover you'll have for a while, and read the author interview at the end to work out just happened inside Phillip's mind before he wrote this story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phillip Carter
• Release date: Jul 9, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223373919

Phillip Carter

Author, comedian, actor, and bigfoot lookalike, Phillip Carter is never boring. His stories range from the existential to the downright ridiculous, and his fashion sense is inspired by time travellers he captures in his garden.

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Copyright

First published in Great Britain in 2023 by Halfplanet Press

The right of Phillip Laurence Carter to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form or binding or cover other than that in which it is published, unless agreed upon by the Author and Publisher.

Hologram Kebab

For this young couple, making up is a matter of life or death.

Anya crawled out of bed in much the same way she had crawled into it the night before. Her hair was still damp from the rain, her phone still sputtering unread alerts. It was still half-charged, the charger snagged and damaged during the aftermath of another forgotten night out. The air was heavy with the stink of cold chips and vodka, and not the good stuff either. You wouldn’t poison someone with this stuff, it would be too cruel.

Anya barely remembered the night before. Her friends’ faces were vague etchings, scratches brought to her mind by paparazzi flashes of memory. They had gone out all dressed up. She knew that at least. For most of the night she must have been out of it, surfing on another plane of existence, a place from which her soul was permitted to take only one memory: The memory of the argument that had convinced her to go out.

Backstory - Keaton had almost always been at least a bit of a dickhead. It was what made him attractive. That, and Anya’s friends’ belligerent disapproval of him. And his jawline. And his taste in