A full peel of a robotic Big Ben echoed loudly throughout the terraced house. Mr Jackson folded The Guardian carefully in half and placed it on the table next to his armchair. He removed his reading glasses, and allowing them to hang around his neck, pulled on the chain of his other pair and placed […]
Read more "Time is Up"Hank slowly eased the chair apart, stretching the dark green canvas until the plastic frame snapped into place. He carefully positioned the seat next to the small camping table, and pushed down on the arms, pressing the legs into the shingle. He shifted it about slightly until fully satisfied that it was stable. Gingerly, he […]
Read more "The Fishing Trip"The thud of the car bonnet dropping home followed me through the gate and up the path to the chocolate-box cottage. My feet crunched as I walked towards the house and small stones flicked up from under my heavy boots. I stopped for a moment to smell a pale pink rose; Izzy’s favourites. I cupped […]
Read more "the last job of the day"by s fowler The moon was bright and lighting up Sam’s favourite football mug on his bedside table. Sam was dreaming he had just scored a most brilliant goal and the crowds were cheering and clapping so loudly that they woke him up. In fact, in reality, the clapping noise was a tapping on the […]
Read more "the raft stories collection – no.2: saving the soggy moggy"by s fowler Tom, Sam and Will lived in a large rambling house situated in the midst of an unkempt garden through which ran a bubbling and rapidly flowing stream. One night Sam was woken by a tapping on his bedroom window. He peered outside to see an owl perched on the window sill. On […]
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