Janice always knew she was not like the other children she couldn’t never quiet understand the strangely erratic games they played and they would glare if she pointed out it was was just mimicry of the adults. They blamed her ill fit with her adoption or gave it the name of various syndroms but she […]
Masi was working on her memory whilst tucked into her little coffin of a bed, the cannel rose above her and her current group would float down stream. She was trying to remember the name of the boy had befriended for the last group, she pictured him, tall and gangly and in trouble for knocking […]
‘Daddy?’ said the little girl with her already pink nose and wisps of honey hair escaping from bobble hat and coat hood. In some places the snow was deeper than she was. ‘Yes?’ said the tall man with blue eyes and an easy smile. His hand made thick by thinsulate glove held her tiny hand […]
Guilt (Frist published on Blue Monster) Guilt of the survivors of that place, tainted by war and the desire to purge others of what they percieved as failings – those deadly characteristics which formed those that had ridiculed them almost to extinction. Cleansing did not work, and they became the oppressors, the dealers of raw […]
Tea (first published on Blue Monster) I really love tea, I awake in the morning and think I could just murder a cuppa, I think sometimes it is more of an addiction than a love affair. When I say tea I do not just mean the bog standard tar in a cup, with milk that’s […]
The Blue Rose (First published on Blue Monster) The young man had a dream and that dream was to breed the most exquisite rose on the surface of the Earth. He was fortunate in that he was a young man of means in a large house, in a time when such horticultural exploits were seen […]
Jane awake her throat was soar, ‘Mummy,’ she tried to say but couldn’t. ‘It’s ok baby your in hospital remember, you’ve just had your tonsils out so your throat will be a bit swollen.’ Her Mother’s hand stroked her gently she was safe. ‘Herby,’ she whispered. ‘Here’s Herby darling, who’s a little Herby hedgehog,’ her […]
The Ranger (first published on Blue Monster) The smell of bacon permeated the room as Sandra sat contemplating the day. It was too early and too wet to want to do anything much other than sit there in front of the mock fire with her fluffy slippers but unfortunately she had to go to work. […]
Ulga stared at Mr Thomason from where she had fallen, his punch did not show, did not mar the beauty of her young face. Her school bag lay covering her indecency, the skirt was too short and her shoes too mature a style. He turned away from accusing green eyes. ‘You will not wear such […]
The air was thicker here somehow, Ashly tried to think rationally. Pain lanced through his body and he knew another one of him had died. Obliterated, gone and lost forever, no relief that it wasn’t him just the dull ach that it always left. How long? How long now had he been living this nightmare? […]