Short stories

When I was thirteen, my cousin starred in a sex video. It was called ‘Chip Shop Girl,’ and showed him and his girlfriend in bed together. He had sold...

I was lying alone in a double bed, doing terrible things to some pairs of knickers. I had found them in the dirty-clothes basket at the foot of the bed.

The summer before I started university, I got a job at my grandad’s factory. He ran two companies from it: one was a machining company that made,...

In the summer, like everyone, they go to the theme park. They are best friends, and call themselves the Dark Alley Crew. That’s where they spend...

'I’ve just met their manager off the bus,' says Mr Moss, his voice quivering, 'and I’m telling you now, lads: they think they’ve won this. “You’ve...

When we were children and our cousins left after a stay at our grandparents' house, we used to chase their car off the yard and along the road,...