Tagged: new fiction
Cups with Coriander: Cori’s Saucer
Serial Story That night I cried. Really cried for the first time in years. Let all the sadness, anger, frustration and fear flow from my eyes and my mouth, as I wept and gasped...
Jopp’s Folly – Part Seven (Finale)
Science Fiction The first few days of travel had been relatively uneventful. They had hit the first anomaly jump without issue, and were now about halfway across the Dayukon star system. Jopp was...
The Tale of the Body Snatchers
Mystery Fiction “I am an anatomist. On the 25th of October, I was to teach a lecture on the dissection of the human body. As I approached my lecture hall, I remember distinctly...
Sneaking Away – Part Two
Short Story We were eleven and I loved her. I didn’t care what my friends said, or when they made kissy faces at us during recess when we held hands. She was Maisee Green and...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part Three – The Butcher 2
Serial Fiction Surely one morning after an important meeting she came in late handing him a report that was due the week before. Not only this but the paper was stained with coffee and...
Zedlist – Part Thirty Eight
Serial Fiction “I tell you what.” Charles said, “Take these, I promise they will help, and then I’ll order some food and we’ll all sit down to a film. What do you think?” “Pizza?”...
Visiting Privileges
Short Story “Oh, great,” she said. “Now I’m hallucinating.” I smiled. “What do you mean?” I asked. She scoffed. “No, no. I’m not falling for that shit. If I’m dying then I’m dying...
Summertime Killer — Part Four
Serial Fiction A heavy downpour of rain washed across the windscreen of the car. It was a black night, the moon covered by storm clouds. The alleyway Harvey had parked his car in...
The Malevolent One – Part Two
New Fiction Stories The decapitated head of the woman dangles lifelessly. A metal pole shoved up her neck where her spine normally would be keeps her suspended in the air. Her face represents...
Sneaking Away
Contemporary Fiction I am an expert at sliding out of bed without disturbing whoever is sleeping in it, but this thing is ridiculous. Every time I attempt to untangle myself from the extraneous limbs,...
Esther – Part Two
Free Verse Story Poems Esther pinched her shearling’s collar tight to her neck, stood dazed and stared at the grey pavement before her as if it were possible to pull up and fold the...
