Time to leave
As Rex looked behind him, he knew any incoming help would be to late. The billowing clouds of smoke told their own story. Plant 158 had been said to be fail proof. It had been built with great care, and…
Steel City
Hey man you got a light. Bugger off kid. Yer mum would kill me if she saw you smoking. But man there’s nothing else to do in this place since the ship yards shut down. Well ‘get on your bike’…
Watching by Spike
You sat down beside me, but did not see me, that is until you looked down. Then you pulled a face, wondering if you could be contaminated by me. I kept still, so at first you thought perhaps that I…
All in a Lifetime…
Charlotte knew that skimpy dressed lads were not her thing. She looked for those individuals who had taken pleasure in how they appeared. Even a lifeguard, if they were intelligent enough, could make small touches to attract her. Charlotte liked…
Piece Working
Hi Jack, are we going to hit the target today. I certainly could do with the extra cash. Mike, I have to pay my golf fees next week, so we are going to hit the target. Get them lasts mounted,…
Earth Bound.
Yim used her levitation ability to lift herself out of the bucket seat. Then ordered the spacecraft to ease backwards. Drifting to the hibernation pod she found herself hoping the ties she had attached to the Saturn erratic would hold.…
Conversations
As water splashed my face, I realised that it was time to get up. When I was a sleepy teenager my mum always knew how to break through my teenage inertia. A wet flannel and a bowl of steaming porridge…