Four Bach Cantatas Cantata 4. I call to thee, Lord Jesus Christ (‘Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’) By Ash Warren For the Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Award [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elRTsN0LhPQ&w=560&h=315] After reading, the author invites you to listen to […]
The Prince By Ash Warren For The First Rule of Nabokov Award ‘You aren’t going to believe this one sir ……’ said the sergeant as he waved his superior into the room. He was right. In fact, two things […]
Four Bach Cantatas Cantata 3. My Heart is Full of Longing (“Herzlich Thut Mich Verlangen”) By Ash Warren For the Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Award [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtGEljm0djE&w=560&h=315] After reading, the author invites you to listen to Wilhelm Kempff (above) […]
Vellichor: n. the strange wistfulness of used bookstores, which are somehow infused with the passage of time. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig. Vellichor By Ash Warren For the ‘To Pant or Not To Pant’ Award Opening the […]
Four Bach Cantatas Cantata 2. Now Come, Savior of the Gentiles (“Nun Komm’ der Heiden Heiland,”) By Ash Warren For the Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Award [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGQVAvtmHw&w=560&h=315] The author recommends that the above be played while reading. The very […]
Pain is not a game we can win. Mhairi Campbell The Road Never Ends 21 C Mega Death Award The road never ends. It winds like a red ribbon through the grey rock and climbs on. The sky can be […]
Young eyes see more than the Aura.
Such a shame about Tony
When the moral compass is broken we’re all adrift at sea.
Love is lost to the melancholy sounds of Bach in part 1 of this serial by Ash Warren.
I travelled to another dimension and all I got was this Beatles album.
Young love leads to extreme ends in part 1 of this serial short.
An antique watch is the cause of more than one surprise in part 1 of this serial short by first time author Steven Reid.
The Way to Say Goodbye By Ash Warren For the ‘Quitters Anonymous’ Award Between us, there was only the unspoken. A vast grassland of things I wanted to say and never could. I’m at the door, have to go, […]
A hard choice is made at 3 am.
Shapes in the Grass Sophie L Macdonald Quitters Anonymous Award I am quitting you. My face is pressed to the grass, and I don’t know if I’m feeling cold from the ground or from the chill within my bones, pooling […]
One turtle dares to poke their head out of their shell.
A story about the author behind the story.
It Ends Here Mhairi Campbell Quitters Anonymous Award The blood rolled out in drips as I stared at the leaky yellow toilet on the first floor. It was midnight, and I couldn’t remember the day. The tap kept in time […]
Part 4 concludes Ian Harrison’s coming of age serial. A Change Of Heart Part 4 Ian Harrison Wolves Award Part 4 Tuesday, April 1, 2003. The friendly surgeon knew my heart wasn’t in it, even with me waving a […]
Part 4 of Cam Dang’s bloodthirsty serial story.
The heart thinking conclusion to Madeline Pettet’s Amazing Grace.
Three drama fuelled conclusion to Tobias Madden’s Wolf Pack.
The talked conclusion to C.R. Gardner’s ‘The Long Winter’ The Long Winter Pt 4 C.R. Gardner Wolves Award Part 4: Worlds Myst stood at the edge of the lake; Fallon’s voice finally silent. Still in her human form she […]
Hunted: Part IV Jeanette Stampone For Wolves IV Award The room spins and the sharp voices of my uncle and father merge into one, becoming nothing more than a deafening drone filling my head. A distant scream reverberates through the house. […]
Hexagram 64 Ash Warren For the ‘Lucky Numbers’ Award You feel her eyes on you as you go into your study. She’s smiling to herself again, little white teeth sharp under those slightly parted lips. You don’t turn to look […]
The Rhythm Mhairi Campbell The Lucky Numbers Award One, two, three, four, five, six. There, all done, we’re safe now. The light switch was sitting in the same position it was in at number two, but I knew two was […]
Glitch Sophie L Macdonald The Lucky Numbers Award A sound. Like a bell. And a man. Leaning in—looking at me. I think it’s a glitch. I shouldn’t have been able to see them. It’s too late now—I got too close. […]
Foreign Beaches John Falconer For the ‘Lucky Numbers’ Award My mother was always tremendously disappointed in me. It was the quiet sort, the kind you only notice when there’s nothing to distract you. The world clears, retreats like the ocean […]
The circle is unbroken in the finale of C.R. Gardner’s The two Faced Goddess. The Two Faced Goddess pt 9 – The End? C.R. Gardner To the Nines Award – Part 9 Silence echoed in the Goddess’ chamber as they watched […]