Shadows

She stumbled across the rough rocks, and looked around apprehensively. Out of the corner of her eye, Alex saw, just for a moment, a creature shoot across her eyeline. Shrinking into the shadows, her right hand crept subconsciously into her jacket, where cold metal greeted it. Smiling grimly, she withdrew her hand, all the while …

Sacrifice

Calum ran what seemed like as fast as was humanly possible away from the building, but they were still catching up. He had been spying, but they’d found him, and killed his partner, Dan. Now he was next in line, unless he could get back over that wall. That would take luck as well as …

Beneath the music

I awoke from my slumber as the fairy lights were slowly coming into focus - flickering and almost out of battery due to the fact I’d put them up in the middle of November in a rush of festive excitement. A week to go, and I had already opened all the windows in my advent …

Two nature stories

Nature's Entity I could see the bare trees, stripped back, with nothing left to hide behind. Their leaves were an orange dust, scattered over the ground. Empty. The trees, standing still above the ground, looked haunted; the sky was a blanket, covering the world. The wind was like the sea, a gentle wave hitting me …

Dear Autumn

Cozy evenings, warm hugs, wooly jumpers, pretty mugs.   Oh Autumn dear I love you so, I can't bear it when you go. So I will try to save my cheer, and wait for you another year.   Harsh mornings, cold rain, chapped lips, aching pain.   Oh Autumn dear I hate you so, I …

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