The Pyramid Stage

When my brother moved in I knew I’d have to accept my neat little cottage becoming festooned with Dreamcatchers, crystals, and…

Preserves

Seven jewel-like jars of homemade jam stood on the low wall outside number 17 alongside a sign saying ‘Preserves’, and a small wooden…

The Parking Fee

Bradley Wragg-Porter was not like other people, he was better than them and didn’t need to follow their silly rules. Each morning…

Stop the Clock

I leant against a gravestone as Dan sauntered up the path, five minutes late for our second date. ‘Follow me,’ he said, taking my…

Girls are like boys are like girls are like boys

Surviving the Apocalypse

If you pay any attention at all to the warning posters at railways stations these days, you’d think that a beardy…

All the rest is blank

I’m at Scout camp. I’m only 15. The newsagent doesn’t care. We buy all the beer we can afford. We buy Martini for some…

Glitter on a Dark Day

The first time I saw you handing out the envelopes, I sat down to watch on a rusty old bench, and sat there watching…

The Bin

1: It taunts me. It laughs at me. It’s been mocking me for a week. That damn bin. Sat, in my back garden, half full of water that was once hot…