Kenna watched the blood pooling towards her, like syrup, thick and hot and shining in the candlelight. It stretched and halted, moving ar...

Lou stood in the corridor and looked out of the window. The whole left side of the corridor was windows – one seamless piece of glass, cu...

Mary watched her husband carefully. She stared at his form, strong, tall, lean, gloved hands behind his back, head back. His eyes were up...

The Black Door of Number 1. Lady Harriet was scowling at me through her drapes, her spectacles perched on her crooked nose. I could see a...

Once a year, a girl is placed onto a boat, and sent far away from her home and loved ones. Those who stand on the beach and watch the boa...

I put my earmuffs on and step outside into the cold morning air. The salty spray hits me in the face as soon as the door opens. The wind ...

I daydream of being a knight. As a knight, I am strong, covered with shining armour, polished to perfection by my squire. Fit and in the ...

I wake up sweating, which is weird as the room is cold. The sweat sticks my hair to the back of my neck and I screw up my face as I peel ...

Once there was a couple who lived in a cottage in the woods. For years they had longed for a baby. They had tried herbal remedies from th...

I meet her by chance on the 17:09 train to Paris. She is beautiful, with dark hair and bright eyes, and her curved body is covered in wha...

“Well, isn’t this cosy?” “It’s a prison cell.” “I was being sarcastic.” Lilan couldn’t help but smile through the barnacled bars. Even th...

The grass loomed dark and close around me, their sharp blades scratching the bare skin of my arms as I pushed my way through the plain. T...

She smelt of the wild. Her hair was as tangled as strangling vines crawling up the thick tree-trunks around them. It was the colour of so...

Old Rusty’s sits on the corner of Nowhere, 2nd Keep-Moving Street, across from the Who-You-Looking-At Neighbourhood. Rusty’s is a favouri...

As a writer, there is nothing more exciting than creating your own world. With all the new planets being found (even if no aliens have be...