Death Message

You don't want to do it. Nobody does. You were called in. Not suitable for the radio. Nobody else can be expected to do it.

You sit down and read the text of the message. Dry words. Dry words with a great meaning. A life-changing meaning. The briefest details and a contact number. The…

In Her Gift — A Short Story of Life

The weight of the city. A narrow room, with a window at the end. A pile of books underneath a…

The Day they took Mummy Away

I held my coat by the hood. Mummy was running her fingers around the seams. Mummy was having a no cuddles…

A Domestic Hell

Keys rattled outside the door. Maria flinched. He came in. She heard him chuck the keys into the dish on the shelf by the door. A…

A story of a robbery

This is how it begins. The cab driver. 
 
The first day of October.

The cab driver. Jay Exe. The car gathered the first glaze of frost as the early hours came. He crossed one road, then another, blinking into the…

A Futuristic Fable of Revenge

I had that sinking feeling again. She’d asked me to leave. Not the ideal end to a first date. She had as much to drink as I…

Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War

My Nan was the hardest woman I ever met. A life through war with a brittle Glaswegian soul…

The Ghost in Venice

Is this a true story? Yes, of course it is.