Tessa sat trembling, the lights had gone out over an hour ago, the temperature had begun to plummet, she knew it wouldn’t be long know, this was it, this was the end. She had held on for so long, she had survived for fuck sake. She shook now with anger at her predicament, this just […]
Here is the story I have been working on to raise money for Shelter – you can still sponsor me 🙂 Percival’s Christmas Wish In Gloucestershire, many magical things have happened; especially on Christmas eve at the midnight hour in the city of Gloucester itself. People have spoken of it for centuries. You see, at […]
Sarah's Christmas Collection by Sarah Snell-Pym I’ve recorded the poems from The Little Book of Festive Poetry and added a song – there is also a story called Percival’s Christmas Wish which I have written to raise money for Shelter – I am doing a sponsored illustration of the story 🙂 For updates check out […]
I was raised in a celestial sphere, they are nothing special it is just that those on Earth forgot what they were. Mine was where those who were not wanted were sent, a small bubble of self containment we slipped along our rail in an egg of shame. Orphans, children of begger’s and the results […]
Once there was a village who’s entire economy was based on their sheep farming, they had one reasonably sized herd which each person in the village took their turn at looking after – they were what fed the village! The villagers even bartered the spare sheep they had for all their fruit and vegatibles and […]
Jessie sat on the school wall, she knew she would get into trouble but so far none of the teachers had noticed her. As an extra sign of rebellion she was banging her heels repeatedly into the wall, knowing it would scuff her shoes badly. She didn’t care – she was annoyed with her mother […]
The world crystalised round a thought, a mountain grew, quantazised and grainy. ‘It looks like Mount Shamish’ I whispered in a voice that echoed pixilation. ‘It is constructed from your memories’ the ghost beside me said. Her voice was clear and strong but there was no reverb, the air swollowed the sound leaving me with […]
I was always in love with things that were beautiful and refined, I never could love normal women, they were too earthy, and no matter how I tried there was always some dark burning imperfection that nagged away at me. I found solace in lady boys for a while as their imperfections were little more […]
I always liked going on holiday to Wales, especially either end of the seasons, when the weather is wild and furious. The energy of nature pelting down on you, or freezing to solid stone around you. It was during one such holiday and time of exploration that I met the King of the Goths, Alaric […]
Damn, thought Janny, it’s another code blue. She sighed. That meant it would be all down to her again. She hated this with a vengeance. ‘Captain Mystwood ma’am?’ Oh no, she had to answer this call. She pressed the blue com button whilst gliding the flyer into the hangar. ‘Received, I’ll be in the office […]