CHRISTOPHER'S STRONG LEGS
Coming home from work I went a different way.
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MACGUFFIN WORLD
What we found when we arrived
WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT PUBLISHING SHORT STORIES ONLINE IN 2025
This is what I learned about publishing short stories online in 2025: worth doing if you get the chance but don't be too critical of yourself if you can't. Fun as a low cost hobby but remember to keep your expectations realistic. All the websites you&
FIRST OF JUNE
In April the CEO and CFO were arrested and the liquidators moved in to recover what they could.
THE HANDSOME BROTHERS
I got a job as a professional friend.
OUT ON THE DUNGEON FLOOR
A message to the dungeonmaster
THE MACHINE HAS TO BE WRONG
It's unfair, in a way.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY SAAB X
It's half past nine - weak sliver of a moon hanging low on the Slime Lake.
My new book: YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THIS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE
Hello friends. This is a little promotional email to let you know that today I've released my second book, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THIS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. It's a collection of 45 short stories and poems - some of my favourites from the first four
TRICK SHOT
We were fighting and I was losing.
DESERT MOVING, INC.
The situation in town was not great.
THE DEAL I STRUCK WITH BURGER KING
I entered a deal with Burger King to have the Burger King logo tattooed on my body.
COMING UP WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF WAYS TO FEEL GOOD
Today we're asking you to come up with a list of ways to feel good. As complete as you can.
HOMER'S THE ODYSSEY: PART II
Back at it again.
THE BLOOD GOD
I leant over and said "For all we know there is no Blood God. You know that, right?"
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STABILISING THE ORB
I'm stabilising the orb.
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ALLOW ME TO TAKE THIS PICTURE FOR YOUR FUNERAL
Friend – do you mind if I take the picture that they will use for your funeral, when you die, someday?
A THIRD DISTANCE
I keep my friends close and my enemies closer.
DAVID AND HIS BROTHERS
David and his brothers divided up and went their own way.
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LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY SAAB IX
It was late afternoon and the cold orange sun was resting low over the cliffs.
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A COLONY OF MAGGOTS BUILDING A FOX THROUGH CAREFUL EFFORT
i am a toddler drifting to the edge and climbing backwards out of the pool.
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THE SWIMMERS
In the long, cool summer of 2105 the Alpine River overwhelmed its banks.
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THE WAR CRIMINALS AFTER THE WAR
In the end all the war criminals had their day in court.
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BAR
At around midnight I heard a screaming and carrying on.