The Deadline
It was Monday morning, the week having passed in a blur. Lock down was grinding on and there was nothing happening, just the same old same old.Continue reading→
Marmalade Skies
They say there’s nothing new under the sun but there are new suns and days to bring new dawn. Buying the high rise flat in Paddington had been a mistake, yet how was Janice to know that disaster was about to strike.Continue reading→
Grandma’s Warning
When she was five, Beth’s grandmother told her, “if a loved one dies in the house, all mirrors must be covered to prevent their soul being trapped inside.” This was the start of it.Continue reading→
Four Seasons
Birth ‘What is this talked-of mystery of birth but being mounted bareback on the earth?’ – Robert Frost That hot day in June things changed forever when Jess’s waters unexpectedly broke. Panic drove us to the hospital, the baby having decided to come six weeks early. Outside it was a surreal scene; due to a freak…Continue reading→
‘FootJoy’
A feeling to describe happy feet, due to perfectly fitting shoes It’s hard loosing someone who’d looked out for you from the start. When a cruel twist of fate took my elder brother Pete out of the game I felt as if the colour had drained out of my life. I missed the larger than…Continue reading→
Devil’s Dyke
After Gabe’s wife died, struggling to deal with the loss, he’d thrown himself into work at the software company in the city. He was approaching retirement and didn’t need the money but felt he had to keep busy.Continue reading→
Call From the Past
The red light flashed impatiently. “Hey you! There’s a message, sounds important,” it urged.Continue reading→
Broken Flesh
It was the dead of night as storms battered the port of Grimsby. They named the tiny baby Jimmy.Continue reading→
Beautiful Lies
Dark clouds gathered over our little town the day I made a spectacle of myself in church. Perhaps a reflection of how I felt, annoyed at having to go in the first place.Continue reading→
A Perfect Day
It was a perfect summer’s day in Chicago; sheets of yellow light bathed the city. The sun may have been busy but I wasn’t, down to my last twenty dollars, I was desperate to find a job. Continue reading→