The Story of Her Holding an Orange

This is the story of a mysterious, never-aging woman who followed me my whole life. She always wanted only one thing from me: to take her orange.

Cracks in the city

A man receives a strange warning from his friend. A warning about maps and hidden places. What will he do when he realizes that he isn't the hunter after all?

Roadkill

Stranded on a lonely stretch of road, a delivery driver comes face to face with a creature he hits with his car. But it is no ordinary Roadkill. It is something strange and frightening which he cannot comprehend. Something which just might be hunting him.... From the author of 'Bedtime', 'Tunnels', 'The Melancholy of...

A dragon in winter

Does the writer suffer the delusions of oncoming bi-polar disease, or is he the victim of the machinations of infinitely superior aliens who fear the the human race's ability to breed far faster than they and poison the environment with their consumption. Set in once prosperous mill towns in Lancashire at the end...

The box on the beach

This happened, and you never knew. How could you?

Virtue and Vice

"If I'm going down, I might as well pick my poison. I pick you." *** A Cobalt Bay Billionaires story. *** She couldn't be sure whether he was her predator or protector... but she was doomed to love him either way. *** It was a summer they will never forget. Young and naive Cassandra Collins finds herself offe...

The Fisherman's Niece

Meriel Murphy had always wanted to go somewhere quiet, away from her present, to escape her past, and without much worry for her future. When a long lost great-uncle dies, leaving her as his sole heir, it seems as though her prayers have been answered. She moves to the Oregon coast to claim his rustic cabin and start...

And Last on Today's Agenda...

Stan, an unassuming and shy scientist, explains to those willing to listen that they should make the best of their day, as the universe quite possibly may be about to end...

Off the Beaten Path

Robert Francis sets off into the Scottish wilderness in the pursuit of solitude. Straying from the path, however, can have dire consequences, and a chance encounter with a mysterious grave leaves Robert as the one being pursued...