stories

Far away and long ago there lived a beautiful princess called Morvella and she had a lover; a young knight called Sir Paladon and, one day, Sir Paladon asked her, as he was kneeling before her,“Dear

Heroes and Villains

Julian wants a small dog!

For valentines day...to all those un-loved ones.

"Oh, that's a lovely bracelet, David . Where did you get it from? It's gold isn't it?"

Serial following the lives of two truckers in the early 1970's

Serial following the lives of two truckers in the early 1970's

At the table opposite mine, in the Saigon café where I dine alone, slowly working my way through a brie and blue cheese omelette, there sits a Japanese husband and wife.

I didn’t know what to expect driving to the therapy center. When Mrs.

Aubrey slammed her “17 Magazine” over her face and inhaled the faded scent of ink and glossy paper. So bored. How many times had she read this?

Something was scratching at the back of Uncle Ned Creaky’s brain. It was that little thought in the back of one’s mind that grabs hold of your ability to stay focused.

At the AbrakaZebra crossing stands the magical Lollipop man and children and fairies and other folk who wish to cross over into Fairytale Park beyond, with its silver swings and shimmering golden See-

A tiny cold grey sun shone through the lifting cloud; as the cloud arose, it slowly began to change the colour of the road from a wet black treacle, in the distance where the trees stretched their fin

The Knowledge of a Koi Carp – Part 3

Faze has backed some girls towards another part of the playground. A teacher tries to catch them all but everyone runs away – too slow, loser...

In any case one thing was for sure this was not the Paris of Sartre, Hemmingway, Miller or the Beat generation, this was a savage little pocket of hell that I could endure no longer.

Robbie bit her lip to stop her screaming all sorts of abuse, and words that no ten year old should use.

Part 3 of 'The Tao of Stan' - the meaningless episodes in the meaningless life of a man struggling for meaning...

After she'd killed and buried her husband, he wasn't happy.