I am the voice in the dead of night that whispers of the things you might yet achieve, if you could only relax your grip on fear and doubt. I am the voice that soothes and offers placation when the world turns away its cold face. I am the voice that calms and cajoles, that […]
Flash Fiction
The City’s True Face: A Free Short Story
I walk up the street and the darkness of the early hours surrounds me. Flickering street lights hum among bare tree branches. Silhouettes dance across shuttered shop fronts. A fox lurks behind a phone box and noses through discarded food wrappers. The low drone of occasional traffic ceases. For a few moments, no cars pass. […]
The Occasional Table (short story)
The Academy boasted many fine laboratories, practice suites and classrooms, but if Jyx had to choose his favourite place, then it was surely the library. For one thing, it was the only room in the entire building where he didn’t feel out of place. His shabby and mended robes matched the cracked spines and moth-eaten […]
#FridayFlash – Spirit Photography
Ladies, are you tired of wispy hair, or ectoplasmic break outs spoiling your best attempts at being captured on film? Do you dread the sight of a camera, and seek to hide in the shadows? There’s no need to be so bashful – our team can primp and preen even across the Veil! So if […]
#FridayFlash – Homemade Gods
This story is now out for submission! This flash was inspired by a comment from Nerine Dorman about a misspelling, turning homemade goods into DIY deities!
#FridayFlash – Broken Windows
I’m feeling too despondent about the results of the General Election in the UK to write a new flash, so I thought I’d repost this old one from 2013 – dystopian future seemed all too apt. Enjoy. When we used to watch the apocalypse on TV, we always saw people finding shelter. Old schools, houses, […]
