She was hungover, she was annoyed, and she was bored. Molly glared across the sunny field towards the idiocy of … More
Category: Short Stories
The Golden Retriever & The Robot
There was once a golden retriever. It was bright and bouncy. It liked to meet new people and it liked to … More
No Noises Left
It had been just over three weeks. Three weeks of Sam crumpled into an emotional ball. A tense ball. One that … More
Fixing Things
He stood in the centre of the aisle, staring at the array of boxes in front of him. He glanced … More
The Girl on the Train
He stared ahead, his eyes fixated on the girl standing at the entrance to the carriage. The train jostled her … More
The Amateur Astronomer’s Findings
He had joined the group as a way to meet people. Not because astronomy was a particularly lonely hobby, in … More
When the Soufflé Exploded
The night had begun badly. In fact, most nights that end up with the protagonist in jail you suspect started … More
The Would-Be Physicist
She sat in her tree. Well, it wasn’t exactly her tree. But she sat in it at this time every … More
A Parrot in the Orkneys
It was a dark morning and she was lonely. She had turned 71 the week before, which had made her … More
The Giraffe, Danny, and Me
The other week I decided to enter a competition that appeared on Danny Wallace’s Facebook page. The competition was to … More