stories

'Pain is experienced for a moment but a burden for a lifetime'

I was woken early one morning by the ceaseless ringing of the bells from the prison ships camped offshore.

It was a night of July mizzle when I met Tom. I was sitting outside The North Star, the only pub in our lifeless village.

“Kieran!” Ethel yelled up the stairs. “Get up, you idle bugger, I ain't gonna call you again!"

The house they called Home felt a chill. There was a sudden and disturbing change in the atmosphere. An atmosphere it did not recognize, but immediately sensed as dreadful.

With a title and direction finally fixed upon Robin's mind was calmed his mind enough to get a good night’s sleep. This morning our hero sits at the breakfast table once again...

Sorry if the subject matter is a bit dark.

‘Hey, lookee here, Sam,’ Dane said, landing a punch to the side of the kid’s head. ‘Elvis has left the buildin'.’

I woke later that night in a sweat because in my dream I couldn’t remember what the French word for .....

... when I woke my eight year old head knew something was wrong. My brain was all fogged over, I had a strange taste in my mouth ...

Magnifying Glass.

The morning after Anne and I made love I woke early to find the bed beside me empty.
Anne had left my bed sometime during the early morning but I didn’t notice her go.

Liam asked me if I’d like to go out for a drink with him that night. I had nothing better to do and told him that I’d love to but would need to get changed first.

Monday 6th May 2013.

This is an introduction to a novel I am just starting. It will be followed by a flashback fleshing out the world and time period in which it takes place.

A story about a prostitute dealing with loneliness, written by a fourteen-year-old.

“Please, I’m begging you, don’t kill me!” The high-pitched squeals of the woman in front of him made him want to shove his fingers into his ears and never hear again.

It is a innocent thing to do.

I brought Maggi and Jono back from the hospital in a taxi and told the driver not to drive too fast and held my baby like he was eggs, but before we left the hospital Maggi got friendly with Magda in

Last year when I tried to build my karaoke business, I made an online friend on a karaoke site called Pete.