'A shoe shop?' She was incredulous. 'They had to actually go out to find shoes that fitted, try them on and buy them?' 'Yes. Some women adored doing it, had collections of hundreds of pairs. The same with clothes, bags, jewellery.' 'I do like the red shoes she is wearing,' my daughter mused. 'Can I … Continue reading THE SIMPLE THINGS
'Scan it,' Colonel Hawk ordered. Kelso gulped and approached the huge skull with it's gaping eyes and large nasal cavity. He raised his scanner. It bleeped and the gave a read out. He radioed back. 'Negative, Colonel. Whatever it is, it's from this planet.' 'Some sort of mutated monster gorilla,' Hazard mused, peering over the … Continue reading MUTATION
His face was as stony as the rocky outcrop at the top of the hill. I wondered if his heart was made of similar granite. Since Mum had passed he hadn't shed a tear. My sisters and I had gathered round, reminiscing, watching old family films, looking through old photographs. We laughed at the memories, … Continue reading AN ACT OF MERCY
Bill took Agnes' arm and steered her to the pavement. 'One too many prosecco?' 'Come on, follow the white lines home,' Archie called back to them. 'Remember that time you followed the wrong white line...' '...all the way off the end of the boardwalk.' Bill and Archie finished off Agnes' story. Archie took Agnes' arm. … Continue reading LIFELONG FRIENDS
'I tried Tiddlywinks, Ludo, even Snap. In the end I settled on this.' Death gestured to the game scrawled out on the paper in front of them. Reginald felt a pang of sympathy for the depressed figure shrouded in his black robe. 'Really? Tic-Tac-Toe was the only one we could cope with?' 'It's called Noughts … Continue reading DEATH DUMBS DOWN
