The Overlook
/…smiled warmly as he welcomed his guest into the bar of The Overlook Hotel. His guest, a man in his mid-fifties in a designer polo-shirt, pointed to a…
By Chris Platt
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Gordan's Knot
/The mind works best…
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… fiddled with his tie until he’d managed a hopelessly entangled knot. Gordan’s mom sighed! With a single snip of her scissors she freed the tie from Gordan’s…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreMark My Words
/… was flaked out in front of the television, watching a film. He was about to get another beer from the fridge when there was a knock at…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreRandy Boyle’s Rule Of 4s
/… think people suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are odd then consider the case of Randy Boyle. Going beyond the weirdness of doing everything in a…
By CraigE
Read MoreThe Night Of The…
/How do you ward off…
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…the cloudless evening sprinkling illuminating stars, a large roar exploded shaking the striped ones stall, “Zebra,” Paulie calmly comforted, “those loud mechanical monsters are never going to replace…
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreFriendly Loyalty
/Paulie Travels The…
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… inside the morally wooded forest whose temperature was taken by a crystal placid lake, glistening in the sun, protected when shade eased in and out. Sitting at its bank, Paulie pondered his youthful maturity and how information effects his world’s …
By Marc OBrien
Read MoreThat's Another Story
/…typed up his latest story on his website. He read the story through one more time. Yes, that would do it. He finished with his trademark line. A story by Charlie Parker. He nodded to himself. His many fans would love that story, he was…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreThe Christmas Eve Shift
/… work phone you out of your working hours it can never be good news. Karl Connor stared at the display on his mobile phone for a moment before finally picking up. He had been working shifts delivering at the kebab for almost two…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreLuck In Pain
/…of Bailey’s apple pie wafted from the kitchen to the living room. Her footsteps sounded as they crossed the mahogany floor and entered the living room. Christmas rock played on the stereo, pushing Let it Snow…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreThe Writer
/What if your characters…
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…heard a noise coming from the hall closet and wondered if the cat had got in there. He opened the closet door, to see a man crouching…
By Peter Jonathan
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