Stories & Poems - page 19

• dark 23
• eerie 34
• grounded 131
• intimacy 65
• kith-kin 65
• melancholy 66
• poetry 43
• solitude 120
• speculative 96
• tension 69
• wit 81

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

Flying Home

less than 1 minute read

I watched the sun set and the moon rise

The Clown

less than 1 minute read

What lies beneath the painted mask?

Eddie Zero

39 minute read

I didn’t kill him.

A Love, Darkly

15 minute read

Alice gave me a furtive glance as she handed me a glass of lemonade.

The Craftsman

2 minute read

“You see, Detective, I have a little problem with knives.

Davey’s Boat

3 minute read

There was only one bus in town and I missed the last run, its taillights taunting me with the faint spray from the wet wheels.

Chimera

3 minute read

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Intention

3 minute read

Larry sat in the jail cell and tried to make himself invisible.

Newsworthy

4 minute read

David Pemberton leaned into the mirror and fussed over the crow’s feet starting to creep into his face.

Broken

6 minute read

It was a slow night, even for a Tuesday.

On the Crest of the Storm

less than 1 minute read

thunderous dark skies

A Hole in the Plan

3 minute read

The blade of the shovel rang loudly as it hit rock again.