'Come with us, Sir. We need to get you to the fallout bunker right away.' They grab him by the elbows and steer him down a grey corridor, moving fast. 'The fallout bunker? Has there been a nuclear attack?' 'Not that fallout bunker, Sir. The political fallout bunker.' 'Why? What have I done now? Not … Continue reading FALLOUT SHELTER
Dead roses in winter, withered and defeated. The Grand Armée reduced to an icy hell. The villages they entered had nothing to offer. They had stripped them bare of what little they had on their way to Moscow. Starving, frost-bitten and dog-tired, he stumbled on. To drop now meant certain death. No comrade would burden … Continue reading DEAD ROSES
Invigorating was one way to describe it. Freedom. A weight lifted. A new start. The rest of his life starting now. He put the sledgehammer down. All that remained of his laptop, PC, tablet and smartphone was a mangled, twisted pile of metal and plastic. His past life, his identity - trashed. He turned his … Continue reading A NEW FREEDOM
We had our differences. For most couples they would have been irreconcilable, but we always muddled through. It's all about compromise. Sure, his job kept him busy, away from home a lot. Maybe that helped. We weren't living under each other's feet for forty years. Then I found out it wasn't his job that kept … Continue reading IRRECONCILABLE
'I'm worried for your welfare!' she shouted up to him, trying to hide her genuine fear. 'I'll be fine.' He had come this far, he wasn't going to turn back now and chicken out in front of everyone. A bet was a bet. He stood in just his pants and looked down at the black … Continue reading DEEPER MEANING
