My Mother was Six Foot One
My mother was six foot one. When she was nineteen she had fall from her horse and suffered terrible spinal injuries. After two years of …
Category: Stories
Lily
The last time he saw her was at his father’s funeral. It took a moment only to notice the vaguely familiar face but it wasn’t …
Eating Crow
I’m standing on the windowsill outside her hospital room, three floors up. The eastern wing. I’m don’t need to be here. I shouldn’t be here. …
Fear
It was a scenario Tommy had sought to avoid, since forever. Now, to his dismay, it was upon him. As he turned away from his …
My Kid’s Creative Writing Homework Which Is Definitely Not A Story About Some YouTube Gamer He Idolises
Once upon a time there was a boy named Ben. Ben was not a YouTube gamer. Ben was very boring. Ben didn’t even know there …
Down But Not Out By The Docks
Baker sits alone in a filthy bedsit, in the gritty, down and out area by the docks. His clothes look and smell like they haven’t …
Minutes to Baseball Pants
CEO: Thanks everyone for being here! We can all agree this new sport we’ve created is really coming along well. President: We called it baseball, …
Happy Endings
My hands glide up his back, across his freckled shoulders and down his flanks to just above his boxers. Repeat a few times, getting in …
Of Mothers and Daughters
A forest path, damp after spring rains. The sky overhead a cornflower blue, speckled with soft drifts of cotton wool cloud. Sunshine filtering through tall …
Mouth
The baby stared, as babies do. A look of disbelief in its shiny dark eyes. A look that verged on outrage and those eyes were …