Certificate 15

Ages 15 and up

Realisations

Voices. Lore couldn’t quite understand them at first but as the haze of their stunning wore off, their senses returned to focus. They sat, blinking...
Gold cherry
Story of the week

The Word Police

I was summoned before the Word Police. "You've written 650 stories, Mr Oblong," they said. "Most of them very long." "That's right," I said. Were...

Do not pass go

Her perfectly manicured, blood-soaked hand, discovered in the prickly blackberry bushes beside the moss-covered train tracks by two mischievous...

Lust For Revenge

He shot his friend while hunting and said he mistook him for a deer. But the jury didn't buy it and he will be in prison for sixty-five years. He...
Gold cherry
Poem of the week

In the shadow of geraniums

a passion play with geraniums as the backdrop
1 likes

Changes

Light. For a moment they were blinded but that quickly subsided. They had to move, time was of the essence and they knew they couldn’t be seen. “...

Alternatives

Grumbling. The council chamber throbbed with a similar energy to a ship’s drive core as they muttered over one another at the audacity of two unknown...

Lessons

Blinking. Lore and Char were expecting a small twin bed room but the quarters before them were far from that. Their judgement was not made out of a...

Johned

Pacing. Lore hadn’t sat down since leaving the council chamber. They were supposed to have left an hour ago but The Destiny still sat firmly...

The Animal Within

There's nothing like a bottom to make you smile. But if it opens its mouth, run a mile. Very useful if you want to sit a while. But one way or...