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Our Little Owen Man

Becoming a grandfather’s such a doddle. I’ve done it three times now without even getting out of the armchair.

The Patrolman - 50

City Hall rose above, casting him in its monolithic shadow.

The Patrolman - 49

Mr. Slate propped the booth door open, the phone pressed to his ear.
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The Clinic

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Doesn’t that sound clean, clinical? There was a trauma, it stressed me out, and forever afterwards I will be...
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Scenes From A Small Town in England (Part 3)

1950 They stand in two lines, facing the river. Thirty-seven men and women of the town, the chosen, watching. All are silent except Geoffrey’s mother...
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Scenes From A Small Town in England (Part 2)

1972 He checks himself in the pub window. In his pomp now, twenty-two years old, hair just long enough to irritate his father, pork-chop side-burns...
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Scenes From A Small Town in England (Part 1)

2026 Geoffrey leans forward in his wheelchair, brow furrowed, a thin paintbrush balanced between thumb and forefinger, dabbing at a canvas. The easel...
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The Leaf Blower - Part 2

Dennis had mostly enjoyed his trip to Malta, soaking up the sun and getting to know Jenny better. As it turned out she brought more than just hand...
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Goldfish

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Ooze Next?

Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part six of nine, maybe ten, but certainly not eleven.
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Killer Clown

An evil man decided to become a killer clown after he watched 'It'. He showed no mercy, murder was a crime that he loved to commit. And just like in...

7:00 PM, Midnight (Chapter 3)

December 15th. Sunday. It's tipping it down. I don't have the energy to do anything today. Everything aches. I'm in a bad mood. I don't know why. I...

T.V.

It is good to shop around. Slowly our tv remote, needed new batteries, I did without it as long as I could. I then went to my supermarket and with my...
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Season of Mists

We walk through the park, holding hands, out of habit. Together. Apart. The November air has that kind of stillness you only get in autumn. Not just...

The School of Thought Part 3

Harold and Roland had talked through the ringing of the bell, through the hall and into the lunchroom where they were handed a sheet of card paper by...
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The Three Dimensions

The human race has long since adopted a sense of duality in its understanding of life. Most of us are aware that there is a realm of elusive...
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A Halloween Tale: Chapter 1

A Grieving Mother’s Plan For Her Dead Daughter’s Spirit
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A Halloween Tale: Chapter 2

The Last Séance Doesn’t End Well
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A Halloween Tale: Chapter 3

Another Corpse Makes a Baker’s Dozen.
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Karma Town

Karma Town By Paul McCann In an undercover bus zone behind the boom gate there were some cars parked around . Some of them looked as if they had been...

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