Drifting Sound
The night had arrived bringing a gradual cooling. Slowly a mist was forming. The world was closing around me. The lights of humanity dimmed, then disappeared. Sounds faded as if being sucked into a void. Horizontal bands of varying greys…
Payback is only Fair
The loud crack of the baton did not surprise Ed Rickman. The first blow across his back winded him, the second blow behind his knees felled him. 'Eyes to the front'. Being a prisoner of war was hell. However the…
The Heart of the Matter
Times were hard, food of any sort was difficult to source. It was her daughters first day at school. The pantry held two slices of stale bread. Love was easy to give. Finding food, that was pure hell. She had…
My Trade? A Gardener?
You might have thought that I am a gardener, but you would be wrong. In fact no one in the family has the necessary patience or skill to be a gardener. So why am I sitting here looking pleased as…
The Writers Den
The grave yard lay before me, holding deranged carcasses with a poisonous breath. Life extinct but waiting to be reborn. Burnished to a steely blue by bitter artic winds. Relics from the past. Each once breathing, living, not the decayed…
Time out on Simons Seat
Walking the ancient pathway, at last Joseph reached the remote rock face and the hollowed rock know as Simons Seat. Relaxing he attempted to turn his thoughts to the tribes problem, without much success. Soon he was asleep, only to…
A Quill Glows in the Candle Light
As I burned the midnight candle I wondered about my subject for tomorrows sermon. Hell and damnation was always a popular subject with my congregation. For each one of them was living a life of purgatory. Their mental anguish was…
Transporting Methane
As Boijims transporter travelled down the ramp he wondered if this trip would be as bad as his last one. Three months in space towing blocks of frozen methane back to earth, came at a price. Sanity was hard to…