Listening can Hurt
Issy heard the sister’s shout, but it was to late, the camera shutter clicked. Frustratingly the Fox was safe for he had hidden his face just in time. The Force had never been able to get an image of him,…
Septimius Sidebottom
The Rev Septimius Sidebottom was restless, his wife Wilomeana had gone to sleep, but Septimius was wide awake. He had spent last week down at the Bodleian Library in Oxford undertaking research. For years he had been attempting to understand…
The Unknown
You know that feeling when you are out late at night, and you know that something is getting too close to you. Well I was feeling like that. There was a crunch reminiscent of thin ice being broken and faint…
Storm mulls over what she knows.
The three original entrances to Diamond had been created by Force, when the company set up its first Hydroelectric power plant. At that time they had used several existing entrances to underground waterfalls, but that was centuries ago. Over time…
The Eagles Nest
As Storm climbed higher in the Alps, she felt Issy’s call to her strengthen. With the day light starting to fail Storm began looking for a suitable place to settle down for the night. There was a suitable ledge to…
Storm to the Rescue
Storm could feel the psychic pull: but Issy had been sent to Diamond. In Issy’s case the force had allowed no leeway. Yet Storm understood that those who paid the Force had a choice as to which destination they when…
The Vicarage on the Moor
As the winter winds bit deep, the people of Haworth barred their doors. Up at the vicarage Tabitha jammed anything suitable into any cracks as she attempted to deny the wind entry. Then she banked the fire in the study.…
Recalling the Past
There are many things that I miss child. It still hurts to recall how things were before we were driven underground. No one saw it coming, but we should have. The weather just got hotter and hotter. Most of us…
Walking the Walk
You can walk down many streets in any town and see redundant sports facilities. For there is only one game played now. A game of life and death for four players. If you come first you gain another full year…
Travelling Full Circle
All along the Fylde coast a row of windmills were rising to deal with the disaster. In past years governments had over ridden the wishes of the local people. Whilst those that they could not bend to their will, they…