Short Stories

My short stories.

Traveller

“Exactly!” The Traveller said grinning round at him, “Yet here you are, following a stranger into a strange land on a strange adventure.” He said. “You’re special!”

Dancing Fairy

The moon rose and set, rose and set, rose and set. Tom lost count of how many times.

Sanctuary

He reached out to her with a pale hand and she reached to meet his touch, but his fingers passed straight through hers. He saw the panic in her eyes and felt it in his heart.

Imagination

The sway of the train and the dull rhythm was monotonous. I glanced out past the dosing tramp and glimpsed rooftops, back yards, industrial yards, slipping past. I slept and woke in another land.

Reflection

Sam irritably used her toe to push open the door to the copy room and found a wildwood.

Magic

"It feels like a ghost house." Aislinn said with a shiver.

The Fridge was Bear

Cali opened the fridge to get some spread and found a polar bear.

Mystery

Inside it was pitch black. Karl pulled out a penlight and shone the narrow beam round the room.

Princess

A beautiful rainbow reached down from the heavens to touch the ancient monument.
Cherry

Pure

He felt as if he were grasping at some essential truth, knowing it, but unable to express it.

Secret

The fight before waking was always the hardest.
Cherry

Wind Dancer

The clouds looked tumultuous, but expanses of blue autumn sky broke through allowing the sun to shine serenely on the multi-coloured leaves of the...

Mist

‘Let’s take the short cut’ Jan said. ‘Let’s not!’ Sean replied, ‘They told everyone in assembly to walk home by well-lit routes now it’s getting dark...

The Way Out

The engine died and silence fell in the dark street, but not in her chaotic mind. It had been one of those days when nothing had gone quite right...