Stories & Poems - page 17

• dark 25
• eerie 38
• grounded 135
• intimacy 68
• kith-kin 69
• melancholy 73
• poetry 43
• solitude 126
• speculative 103
• tension 71
• wit 81

I gave some old stories a little love and polish. Find them here. They are my personal favourites.

Cowboy Games

2 minute read

The Cedarwood Home for the Elderly stood at the end of a dead-end street in a rotting borough of a dying town.

Cactus

less than 1 minute read

Prickly pointy spikes

A Horse

less than 1 minute read

I should like to be a horse

Perfect Party

less than 1 minute read

Doug is dressed in his party best

Maggie's Secret

less than 1 minute read

“So, I know something you don’t know.

Bump in the Night

less than 1 minute read

Matted-hair and rotted teeth

Ballroom Dreams

less than 1 minute read

I entered the ballroom and searched for her in a sea of gowns and tuxedo.

High Seas Laundry

less than 1 minute read

Captain Hook, he climbed the deck

Helter Swelter

8 minute read

Caveat Emptor.

Panic

5 minute read

“Hold the elevator, please,” said Trudy.

Fletcher Returns

1 minute read

Carol Bannister placed the breakfast tray in front of her Aunt Jessica and stood staring out the window at the autumn leaves swirling about the grounds.

The Hand

less than 1 minute read

My hand’s all numbers so what the heck?