Mr Shuttleworth ushered Della into his office and pointed at the seat opposite his desk. She perched on the edge of the chair, a leather wing-backed seat at odds with the dilapidated office chair at her desk. Mr Shuttleworth eased his bulk into the vast reclining chair across his own desk, a walnut behemoth covered […]
Flash Fiction
#FridayFlash – Black Dog
My name is Samuel Phipps and I offer my position as a clerk within a firm of engineers as testament to my sanity. I can offer no other evidence as to the veracity of the events which I am about to relate, other than the testimony I shall lay before you. I was staying with […]
#FridayFlash – Don’t Look Back
A man broke into our house when I was nine. My dad was away on business – at least, that’s what Mom told me. I found out later he was visiting his new girlfriend in Hackensack. Anyway. This man broke in. Turned out he’d been stalking Mom for weeks – the papers later called him […]
#FridayFlash – Cara Vs The Rabids
The lift lurched to a halt between the 28th and 29th floors, pitching Cara to the floor. The impact caused her watch to stop at exactly 11:53pm. She swore, but a stopped watch was the least of her worries. In a normal lift in a normal building, she’d try to contact someone, and wait for […]
#FridayFlash – Rainy Day
Celine sits on the station platform, waiting for her train to York. She fiddles with her hair and taps an irregular rhythm with her feet. The announcements board says the train is on time but it cannot come soon enough for Celine. Her Boyfriend promised her a day out in York, a city she has […]
#FridayFlash – We Could Be Heroes
“Ere, Simon, how do you know you can die?” “What?” “I said, how do you know you’ll die? Or that you even can?” “What are you on about now?” “I was just thinking. You could have superpowers or something, so how do you know you even can die unless you try it?” “Don’t be stupid, […]
