A young man receives a letter whose envelope bears the unmistakable handwriting of a former lover. The mail arrived with a thump through the letterbox. A letter for me, stuck to a small carefully boxed parcel. I hadn’t...
Flash fiction
Not Like The Movies
Explosions disrupt a nuclear fusion testing facility, with surprising consequences. I sometimes thought they’d forgotten about us. Never the resources to fix the place up, and good god I wished the old man would just...
Where I Couldn’t Follow
A young man reminisces a former lover, and the last time he saw her. If I’m going to tell you this story, I’m going to need a cigarette. I’ve been through Paddington station a thousand times. Probably more, really. But...
Bustered
An unexpected Labrador in a vet’s clinic. It was Claire’s evening routine: check on all the animals staying overnight in her veterinary clinic before locking up; food, water, bedding where appropriate, and each of...
For Science
A high school principal realises one of the science fair submissions is substantially more unfortunate than he bargained for. Truth be told, Principal Winters didn’t much care for the annual school science fair; hadn’t...