Short stories can be very satisfying. Each of these will take less than ten minutes to read. I hope that you enjoy them.
I bet you haven’t heard of the Temple of the…
Politics Live rarely had more than a million viewers and…
I was grateful for the interruption. I’d been stuck for…
“What’s happening?” “It’s still not doing anything.” “Have you clicked…
Patches of sweat stuck Jon’s t-shirt to his chest. He…
His phone beeped. The dishwasher had finished and wanted emptying….
You shouldn’t have a door like that in a place…
His casual confidence caused people to move out of his…
Tom was pleased to see the official rickshaw stand. He’d…
“No. Honest. I’ve had such a shit day. Doing this…
I launch myself at the branch. My arms tightly embrace…
At the very last minute he saw the butterfly on…
It’s not my birthday yet, and I’m not happy. It’s…
“But that’s not how I want to spend the bank…
“He always lands on his feet.” “That’s not true. He…
Calvin woke early and started plotting his way through the…
Dad almost crushed Batman beneath his size ten boot, but…
Everything went dark. The television turned off, the lights blacked…
The bright sun reflected off the wet sand and dazzled…
Paul was there almost every day. This decrepit oversized shed…
“Checks” Rob held his hand up with five fingers extended….
She swore at the prime minister who had just announced…
It was all a blur. One minute she was surrounded…
“Do you actually love me?” He hesitated and she took…
The story-teller arrived by magic. At least that’s what she…
Two angels watched the man as he trudged through the…
Alice looked at the haul of presents spread across her…
George toasted himself with orange juice. “Happy Birthday.” He derived…
“Betty, they’ve done it again. Look, over in that corner.”…
Jack didn’t know what to paint. He’d applied the magic…
Charles Dickens had one. It’s made of mahogany. That’s about…
“They can’t do that?” “What?” “They’re pulling the church down.”…
“I’ve been selected. Tommy. Tommy. Look.” Alison held out her…
Owen met Serena over a potter’s wheel. It wasn’t like…
Meeting typescript: recorded by Archangel Pravuil, grand scribe and record-keeper…
Hummingbirds don’t fly. Not as kite’s anyway. It seems that…
There was nothing special about Tuesday morning but Tom was…
Six months ago the old school was knocked down. Carla…
And then he saw the swing. It looked like an…
Barry’s pants were wet, and he didn’t mean it in…
Brian sunk his head into his virtual reality headset and…
Simon isn’t really listening to the radio. It’s just a…
There was a sound. A pure single note that somehow…
One minute to go. Andy took a deep, slow breath….
The first day Edith Sugden sees them first – shadowy…
‘What happened to the doors?’ asked Lucy. ‘Dad took them…
* You enter the maze. You have a simple choice….
They walked under the railway tunnel that lost its original…
Unaccompanied children will be fed espresso coffee and given a…
