It was going to be a difficult day
Inspector Johnson knew it was going to be a difficult day, her old nemesis Hutch had escaped from prison. He had fled the country and was now up to his old tricks in France. Extortion and murder, those were his…
Shadowlands
The instructions had been clear, she was to transfer five million euros to a off shore account. She had then been told to fly out to Monaco where she had been ordered to drive to Spain. Now she was…
1963 was bad for some.
Charlie knew that the snow was deep, when he had to walk back home from school along the top of the drystone walls. As he entered the house the coldness struck him, for some reason mother had not lit the…
A Hard Lesson
The town's wood water pipes were frozen solid for six weeks, even the fire station was without water. However Charlie was happy for the snow was knee deep, and the lake was ice bound, the sledging would be great. Charlie…
Politics of Fear
Calling all passengers for flight A19 Excuse me sir is this the plane to the USA? Certainly. Your Name? Friday. From? England. Reason for travel? To escape the toxic politics. Visa? It's stamped. By whom? Me. It says here…
The Child Minder
Deep down Jimmy felt comfortable being a diver, but today Jennifer and Carol had unsettled him with their taunts of tin man and monster man. How were they to know that that was what the kids at school had called…
Dereliction of Duty
This weeks writing prompt for the Friday Fictioneers site, is a photograph from Piya Singh. Young Amos had worked hard below Hebden Moor to earn a living as a lead miner. Yesterday his friend Tobias had found him dead. Whilst…
Derwentwater
The purest blue sharply defines the mountains, cascading down to Derwentwater. Luxuriating in gentle sunlight. I am cooled by pure air from the lake. I see stark rock faces breaking the burgeoning green of May. Ancient tracks slither, guiding shepherds,…
And let there be Light
Three millennium ago the stone man with the help of the eagle saved our world. Now I call you together at our parliament where all are equal and may speak freely, to see if and how we should return to…