Franklin rolled over and groaned for the third time. He buried his face under his arm to blot out the light. He thought he’d read somewhere that photosensitivity was a sign of something incurable. Was that true, or did he just overhear it on the bus? It didn’t matter. He was sure he was dying. […]
Flash Fiction
Friday Flash – Deathmatch
The crowd gathered in the arena. Excited chattering and trash talk between opposing fans filled the air. A tall old man clad in white leaned on a gnarled staff in the middle of the ring. A blonde fairy flitted across the arena to sit on his shoulder. She cupped her hands beside his ear. “They’re […]
Friday Flash – Hollow
“Marlena? Marlena, are you awake?” Trudie stuck her head around the bedroom door. The great Marlena Blake lay on the floor, staring at the ceiling. Trudie groaned; Marlena held an empty whiskey bottle to her chest. She cradled it as you might cradle an infant. “Ssssssh! ‘M thinkin’.” “What are you thinking about, Marlena?” “Argh! […]
Friday Flash – Lest We Forget
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The Great Chocolate Conspiracy part 9
Welcome to The Great Chocolate Conspiracy! Chocolate Digestive biscuits have disappeared from the shelves right across the eastern seaboard of the USA, and now the shortage has spread to London. Detective Chief Inspector Sam Adamson and his international team of investigators from the Metropolitan Police’s Confectionery Crimes Unit (CCU) have been tasked to solve the […]
Friday Flash – The Priest Hole
Pete threw down the EMF meter in disgust. The needle lay at the neutral end of the scale. Six hours of staring at it, and the damn thing refused to move. He hoped he could find the receipt when he got home. Pete made another circuit of the room. His objects remained where he’d planted […]
