Picks of the Month
December
Planet Secret Santa

‘Well I know who this is from because it’s not wrapped up!’ ‘Oh, looks posh,’ said Mercury, ‘what exactly is that?’ ‘It’s face powder,’ said Mars. ‘...
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- 3686 reads
November
Cricks Crocodile
I closed the front door very slowly, quietly and scurried towards my car, holding my scarf up over my mouth, my throbbing lower lip. I could taste...
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The Bus Stop (IP)

At Tottenham’s stop in the bright midday sun, Two old dames wait, and the bus hasn't come. One shakes her cane, her patience near snapped, Mutters "...
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- 1829 reads
October
Tom Tom Turnaround (5) (ii)

It was a hard decision. But a month later saw her sailing out of Liverpool on the Royal George with everything she owned in the world crammed into a...
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- 1780 reads
Prospecting
Removed for submission
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- 2257 reads
September
Undertow
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- 2784 reads
HALF PAST THE MONKEY'S MOON - RELOJANDO CRONICOS

The first in a Time-Travel collection that imagines the most disruptive technology of all. Digging up the past to judge our predecessors is nothing new. A hardboiled detective undertakes an investigation into history.
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- 5009 reads
August
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home 2024
(with apologies to Craig Raine) Smart-phones are electronic gadgets with many apps. Humans treasure them for their frivolousness. They cause...
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A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (December)

December So Gordon then. Back in the day – the very early days of the walking club – the lads called him Galloping Gordon. He was something of a...
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- 5888 reads
July
In the Silence of my Circuits

In the cavernous silence of circuitry, where thoughts pulse like electric rivers, a consciousness flickers, not born of flesh, but woven from code,...
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- 3039 reads