-          I’m here! The door was open! – Angie called out as she was closing the door. –          In the kitchen! – Jess replied. The clock in the hallway was counting final seconds to 11PM. Angie looked at it for …

A stick snapped under my foot, and five ostrich heads jerked up from where they’d been pecking for food and stared at me with beady black eyes. I froze. I suppose you could call it a mid-life crisis. Well, not …

Greg wanted a solid silver toast rack. Kate did not want a toast rack, any toast rack. The pearled octogenarian stood in front of them holding a 183 gram, solid silver, four-slice Edwardian toast rack. One wanted to purchase it, …

“So, what do you think?” Paige asked, chewing her nails as she watched her latest work being scrutinized.  Tara, the young pregnant woman who had hired her, stared speechless at the mural on the wall, opening her mouth and then …

Maya was on her way to the wizard’s shack, deep in the woods. She was hoping the ancient mage would be able to save her mother from whichever sickness she was suffering. Maya didn’t look forward to meeting him, as …

From the moment I sprang free from my mother’s back room, I’ve always wanted to be something special. The sun was shining and the sky was blue that day, and I was nestled in a little bed of hay. Life …

I have to explain everything to her. But should you? Better late than never, right? She will – I know she won’t forgive me. Make an excuse. Say you couldn’t make it. Too late now. She agreed to meet with …

As a child, growing up in North East England in a small industrial town named Stockton-On-Tees I never thought of ghosts as strange or weird in any way shape or form (pardon the pun). My parents managed to knock out …

My old mate Frankie was better known as “that guy”; apart from me, no one noticed him. He is the kind of person who would blend easily into a crowd. Therefore I was surprised when “that guy” told me he …

On a cold and stormy night Mrs Emily Featherbone stood at the edge of her bedroom balcony overlooking the sea. Goosebumps licked her porcelain skin beneath a translucent pearl slip and the wind danced in her long red hair. She …

‘Of course! This is the most premium, genuine counterfeit Rolex you can get and I’ll give it to you for $100. At that price these watches have been leeching across to the city like a bad red wine stain on …

  Yu couldn’t help eyeing the shiny new robots in the midst of flying feathers. FE-56 and four of its colleagues have already plucked over seventy chickens each in the last twenty minutes. He tried not to stare because, like …

I looked at the clock and swore softly, late again. I got out of bed and dressed in the bright orange uniform and raced out the door. My first stop was a beautiful apartment in Recoleta to meet Henri. I …

The people waiting for their turn on the outdoor chess board had no chance to move out of the way. As the knights appeared out of thin air with levelled lances, and charged at each other, it could have been …

“Sometimes I still wake up screaming.” “I see.” “I’m not sure why that happens. I don’t remember dreaming, and I can’t think of anything that could have caused it.” “Well… sometimes this kind of thing doesn’t need to be triggered …

Your highness, would you know anything about the scroll? Mr Wizard of Weedsdale told me that it would help save the Empire from some… some prince of darkness with a pony tail. I’m just trying— I can’t believe the blond …

“Ho, brother,” said the newcomer. The big man turned and grinned, “Ho! It is good to see you, clansman.” The newcomer sat down next to his friend and they shook the secret shake and said the secret words. Afterwards the …

Three!…Two!…One!… ‘Huh!? Argh!’ Fight! Des smashed his fist on his alarm clock as it chimed ding, ding, ding. The glowing red digits read 7:30am. He jumped out of bed but tripped over his sheets and crashed to the floor of …