Deep into the meadows of the South I see a bus pulled up in front of the common store. Above my head are alluring clo...
Above the open road Below the open sky Away from the clouds of crowds Shadowed in the close of crows Below the open s...
Fireman? Firewoman? Fire...person? Esme sighed as she approached her firetruck. The trouble with magic, she reflecte...
My singing was awful. Didn't matter as the audience were drunk, I could see Lorna sticking her tongue down John's thr...
The lights dimmed. Mary-Rose, in her black-and-white jail-striped dress entered the stage from the left. My left, not...
She sang. Her beautiful voice rang out through the dense smoke in the room, pushing out into the ears, minds and hear...
She didn't look at him.
She didn't look at him she couldn't tell him. She couldn't even tell her family. What would they say? What would they...
She didn't look at him; she looked past him, half closing her eyes as if basking in the sunlight. She was really tryi...
She didn't look at him. She couldn't look at him. What would he think? she wondered as she sipped her wine and kept h...
I lost my grip on the wheel.
It was late, one winter night. I was not accustomed to being awake at this hour. My car didn't handle the cold well, ...
I lost my grip on the wheel. It had happened before, but it wasn't nearly as embarrassing as now. I had just left P.E...
Driving along a road at night, rain pelting down, tall trees waving low branches across the sky, no moon, no road lig...
She opened the envelope and screamed.
She opened the envelope and screamed. "I got in!" she told her parents, hopping excitedly as she held out the accepta...
She opened the envelope and screamed. This was not the day to be squeamish. This was the day her daughter would be ...
She opened the envelope and screamed. She could not believe him, she simply could not believe that he was still persu...
A paradigm shift: when you entire worldview changes. When something reaches into your mind and bends the part of your...
It flies through the air, flashing silver and disappearing. My fate depends on that coin landing face up. All I can h...
People always said that I was like a coin. I had two sides. No one really knew what side they were speaking to. I'd...
Cindy yawned and stretched as she started her day. It was time to walk her pet octopus. She pulled Ollie out of his...
This is the short story about the journey of three friends from plumstead to central london at 23/02/2015. Friend ...
Penelope loved the fountain, loved the way the water sprayed, cooling her in the hot sun, making her clothes cling as...
She could tell I was faking it.
Savouring words was a joy to him. Illiterate for many years; he learnt to read and write late in life. His appreciati...
She could tell I was faking it. My smile felt wrong, though no one else knew. She knew. A glance at the priest standi...
She could tell I was faking it. They all could. They'd have to have known I wasn't "fine". I mean, come on. It's not ...
When Martin woke up, he was still in the back of the van. He didn't know, how long he was unconscious. He couldn't se...
Shots were fired all around town. Poor innocent lives we're taken in a matter of seconds. They were taking over... ev...
The snow had hardened overnight and was crisp now. It wasn't what you would call a cold day and Fran had left her jac...
There's no way that's possible! But this horse-like creature, it clearly looks like what could be described as a uni...
One summer, I went to the Zoo with my family. Me, my husband and daughter all decided to go out of town for a week fo...
"Of course, no one can make a unicorn," Pareth said, in that tone of voice he used when lecturing his students, "but ...