The Leaving Day
People thought the authorities had got things right in the 21 century. Now the wickedness of the authorities from that time was coming home to roost. The authorities said that only thing we could do was to leave earth, but…
The Conversation: Part Three
Mercury was waiting, the mines were always short of workers. What the authorities back on earth had failed to understand was that the Mercuians were not just mining for the sake of mining. They were recreating the vast underground cities…
Do you Remember
Alice do you remember the photo of your great great grandad sitting here. Do you recall what Kate said about their holiday. How the week before their trip here William had gone to Blackpool Pleasure Beach. He had ridden the…
Hells Teeth
We knew it was wrong, but we let it happen. No one from the institutes of the enviroment or food health spoke out. Such tiny molecules of plastic, who would have thought that they could do so much harm. When…
Nuclear Winter
Upon receiving the warning the Sullivan's like many others retreated into the shelter under their home. Two weeks later after digging their way out through the trashed remains of their home, the blast of cold air sent them scurrying back…
Two Not Retiring Dragons
Victoria and Cixi ruled most of the earth. Retiring they were not, each sat on their throne advising and being advised. Each believed that they were sanctioned in their powers by heredity, whilst around them others tried to control the…
A Secret Garden
Tommy saw the garden and house as a place to explore. Nearly all of the seven acres of garden were totally overgrown, for no one had tended the main garden for many years. When spring arrived Tommy started to explore,…
The Handbag
Mary woke with a start, her handbag was singing. Mary called for help, then wondered was she seven years one week and four days old. She remembered having a birthday party. Recalling all the adults gathered around her. They had…
Why do they do it
Why do they do it, I ask myself that every day. We do them no harm, in fact we help them quite a lot. Yet they attack us at every opportunity. They trample on our young, they harvest our adolescents.…
Observed in Leeds
High can I go, but I cannot escape. A multitude of people move towards their destinations. So why can I not reach mine. What is it that holds me back. Frustration envelopes me, as I try ever harder to…