"Do you want to try out the new vacuum?" I didn't, but Mum was so excited it was hard to say no. I rolled my eyes and took the handle....

The thoroughfare was blocked at either end by tanks and soldiers. She strained for a glimpse of the street beyond the crowd, but she...

The detective and the killer; a nexus of narcissism running cold through their veins. Both thrived on the other's destruction, as the...

"LOVE that bathtub!", she blurted, as she pushed open the door. "I do have to disclose that there was a death," the agent grimaced,...

It had stood proudly on the land for centuries, enduring the relentless storms and parched heat, but now, as the chainsaw clawed...

The umbrella leant by the hotel door, awaiting its next victim. A smartly dressed young man approached, and, seeing the downpour, picked...

Ted picked up his toy rocket and whizzed around the room. His arm waved wildly as he zig-zagged around obstacles, before launching it...

I open the lid – it won’t turn on! Only then I realise the bastard power’s gone! Fumbling around with cables trying to find the lead…...

The creature shrieked. She knew it was close, but there was nowhere left to run. Her feet burned & the baby in her arms grew heavier. She...

"Mum!", he pulled the duvet up over his nose, "Please check, again!" She scoured the room intently. "All clear," she grinned, as she...

"Claire, are you there?" Nothing. "I want to wish you happy Valentine's Day... I miss you." Still nothing. "I'll try again tomorrow," she...

They are the lost ones, doomed to wander aimlessly through eternity. They cling to the memories of their human form which now lay...

"I think this was a mistake, I'm leaving," she stammered, as she turned to leave the abandoned house. "We've only been here 5 minutes,"...

I stood in a state of sonder at the end of the pier, watching the people around me. They were just NPCs in my life, as I was in theirs,...

He pulled the Roman collar out from his shirt and slumped exhausted in his chair. Reaching down, he slid open a drawer revealing a...

The haze of alcohol filled days. Join in with the next new craze; sour dough starters, Zoom quiz rage. Trapped in a cage. Read a book,...

I can’t promise to love you forever, but I will as long as we’re together. What if, in the next life, I’m a cat and you’re a dog? I could...

She walked into the producer's office, her hands clammy with nerves, but her face beaming. The producer, sitting in his imposing leather chair, removed the cigar that was balanced between his lips, and opened his mouth to speak, but before he could get out a sound the girl enthusiastically began her pitch. "I've had this idea for a movie." She scrambled with the disorganised pile of paper notes she was carrying, took a breath, and began. "It starts with Australia being rava

"The Machine picked people at random. Any age, gender, race... It didn't discriminate. No one knew about the Machine until they'd been...

The abandoned tunnel looked like a face; mouth agape, surprised it finally had visitors. The lovers giggled at the thought & ventured...