Blood Ties

This is my second attempt at Haiku, ever. I did a bit of research on Haiku before I started and scared the pants off myself. The complexities of Japanese Haiku … Read More

Luce D’Argento

On Wednesday night we had a wonderful full moon. The sky was clear save for a few high feathery clouds. The moonlight around midnight was so bright you could read … Read More

Danger! 1471

Note: In the UK 1471 returns the number of the last caller to your landline Riiiing … Riiiiing “Hello?” A hiss, a scraping sound. “Hello, who is this?” Impatient. A … Read More

Evolution Part 4

“How many this month?” demanded Penelope. “Eight, possibly nine, one of them could just be a normal missing person.” The words tumbled out of the Home Secretary’s mouth as if … Read More

Evolution – Part 3

Richard eased Mary onto her back. She tried to guide his hand downwards, towards her yearning sex, but he resisted. With one hand he stroked her hair, the other arm … Read More

Evolution Part 2

Part 1 of this story can be read here. Miss Clifford’s eyelids fluttered open. Her retinas were seared by the bright fluorescent light filling the room around her. She shut … Read More

Safari

The full moon hung in an inky blue-black sky casting stark shadows across the dusty white soil of the “Dorset County Wildlife Reserve”. The air was still and warm, silence … Read More

Deflated

Serendipity. I like that word, it’s the first one that came to mind when Suze told me she thought she was pregnant. The first thing I felt was quite different. … Read More

Risky Business

We only did a quick post this morning before we set out for a walk. The weather’s still warm here, but not as hot as the past week which has … Read More

Marco

This story was inspired by this post by Anastasia. The room was almost dark. The mood lighting was turned as low as it would go, the rest of the illumination … Read More

Sex in the Afternoon

Much to my shame I’ve never read Ernest Hemingway’s “Death in the Afternoon”. Nor have I ever seen a bullfight. I have no wish to see the ritualised torture of … Read More