A Letter Home
A quiet woodland that’s all I crave, littered with balls and sticks; and that you might think of me once in a while. But do not grieve for me, for I have travelled to a better place and await your…
Deep Fractures
With the scream vibrating around the room Rosie knew what was coming. You did not need to be Einstein to recognise the sound of incoming shells. As Rosie dived under the dining room table, she wondered if her great grandmother’s…
The Ensepulchering of Earth
When at last earth surrendered, the aliens terms turned out to be harsh. All adult males were to be transported to the mines on Raynor. All children to be removed from earth after being sterilized and trained as servants, so…
Camino de Santiago
Over thousands of years people had walked this route in penance for their transgressions. But since the start of the tenth epoch, this walk had linked not only with St James, but with the survival of humanity. The ninth epoch…
The Girl in the Wheelchair
It was seventy years since the squadron last flew together. Today only five of them had shuffled in to the hotel, each one of them using a walking aid, but Sally at reception saw how their faces lit up as…
Why won’t they let us go
Why why have they done this to us, mother. I cannot move my feet, or feel my body. I feel like I am drifting in space. A strange alien space, full of dark moving shadows, which seem to be watching…
The High Life
Dacia employed only the best, so rather than go to prison for life. She had worked out a rather nice little scheme. If only Jim had died with his balloon. Instead he had returned home just in time to save…
Waiting for the phone call
She wondered had the deed been done; was Jim toast. She had carefully picked two ex-military rejects in need of cash. She had spent a little on upgrading their skills. As she had wanted Jim to die as he watched…
Running on Empty
I just knew that it was just going to be one of those days when the rope parted. All had gone too well up to that point. My two passengers seemed far to relaxed. Their request that we took off…