Death

 

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(2) Death and the Ferrymen

It was a normal working day and I was busy updating my contact database for Gods and deities.
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Death and the Cigarettes

Death was smoking a cigarette. Smoke was seeping through his cloak, surrounding him in a dark mist. No harm in smoking if you're Death, I thought to...
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Death and the dry cleaners

I was busy doing an inventory of the Sands of Time (which go into the Life-Timers that count down every moment of our lives) when Death appeared before me.
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Death and the Ed Milliband Toast-face Mystery

we were clearly the first to discover the Ed Milliband toast plague.
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Death and the End of the World

I was taking a much needed break from a hard morning's filing
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Death and the Ferryman

The figure of Death stood before me, clothed in the thick black cloak gifted to him at the beginning of all things by a long-forgotten god.
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Death and the Ferryman's Mask

As Death's PA I often deal with problems that occur in the Underworld, and the Overworld. I've seen it all, or so I thought. I was summoned to the...
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Death and the huskies

I was busy drawing up April’s tea and coffee rota when Death appeared before me. “I NEED A FAVOUR,” he said.
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Death and the Man Who Wasn't There

A sudden chill filled the bedroom. Those able to see in the sixth dimension would have seen a tall, dark figure materialise. It was wrapped head to toe in thick, black cloak.
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Death and the minor deity

I was sorting the petty cash into currencies that are current, extinct and yet to be invented, when Death appeared before me, clothed in the thick black Robe of Death, gifted to him either just before
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Death and the PA

I've finally gotten round to writing the first story in the series.
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Death and the Purple Hat

Clearly heaven is devoid of decent hat shops

Death and the purple hat (radio script)

I saw Ted Moult, the former double glazing man, selling cauliflowers on Ipswich market.
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Death in Space

“IT’S ME,” said Death, “I’M TRAPPED ON A SPACE SHIP. I NEED YOU TO GET ME OUT.”
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Death in Space (radio script)

Astronaut Dave: “Houston we have a problem. The ship has been hit by a piece of space-debris. Repeat, Hummingbird has been hit.” Houston “How badly are you damaged, Hummingbird?”
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Death of a runner

It was raining heavily, but there was no rain falling. Simon Tattersloe looked down on his body, his bloody corpse, puddles of his own blood...
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The death of Andrew McGinty

Andrew McGinty died before he could finish his life’s work. McGinty was a mythologist, he studied religions, myths, legends and tall tales. His...
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The Fifth Horseman (1)

I was busy processing the latest numbers on impossible deaths when a figure appeared beside me, as if had magicked himself there, which of course he...
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The Fifth Horseman (2)

Realisation dawned on the other three Horsemen. The world was going to end, and it wouldn't be through Pestilence, War or Famine. "You mean it doesn'...
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