A beautiful woman, and a shade face each other in the cellar. What is the dark secret that led them there? Tragic Beauty My head hurts so much, as I watch her weep. She must be the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. Sitting in the corner, on a simple stool she’s dressed in a tight black skirt and jacket, …
Micro-fiction 051 – Chrysalis (Echoes series)
The curious tale of a mother, a wardrobe and the night-time terrors of Gabe. Chrysalis “Well why don’t you want to go to bed?” My Mother kneeled, her lovely eyes peering at me, in that way, you know, I knew should would love me forever. She was everything to me, and I used to watch her move through our wood …
Micro-fiction 049 – Discoveries (Post-Apocalypse series)
Discoveries at two ends of history and civilisation determine very similar futures. A journey into space takes a unexpected turn. Discoveries 2040 saw the first mission to the solar system around Kepler 10, the furthest journey for any team of astronauts in the history, as much as it was understood, of human space exploration. A small crew, on the tiny …
Micro-fiction 043 – Corn Field (Echoes series)
A field, a death and a return. Josefina is the last surviving member of her family, and now she’s home for the funeral of the father she’s always hated. Corn Field Josefina had come home from the city, to attend the funeral. She’d not been seen near the family home for more than a decade, trying to forget her past. …