“I love you.”

It had come out of no where. They were just sitting on the sofa watching day time TV when he casually confessed his love, solidified by shifting his hand slightly over hers. She carried on chewing plump cherries from a lustrous porcelain bowl and spitting the seeds out in her other hand as if she hadn’t noticed.

“I really do,” he repeated somewhat concerned.

She chewed louder on ...

The house was empty but he talks alone. First a whisper then a clear voice behind his ear.

“Can I have a sock?” asked the voice.

There’s no reply.

“Please.”

The child sat up. His bedroom was exactly how his parents left it to go to the hospital. He rubbed his eyes and his bubblegum bubble popped loudly, breaking the expected silence.

“Why do you always ask for a sock?” the boy questioned before...

Elise stood outside the job centre on the curb, clasping her bag in both hands nervously. It was her first one, perhaps leading the way to a second and a third and maybe even her dream job.

The night before, in her tiny studio on the dilapidated estate, she sat on her bed, which also doubled up as a sofa since she couldn’t fit much in her flat and watched TV. That night she hadn’t eaten anything...

The world is changing, it’s not the same

And we should look only to ourselves to blame.

We make choices each day that will decided whether to delay or make way for the devastating doomsday, the crime against all humanity of who will suffer and who will recover and who will rediscover the connection with nature we lost so long ago.

All the trees have gone for greed

Because we use and abuse the p...

12th February 2021

There was nothing that we didn’t do together. Me and my human, it was always us. I was so proud of my owner and he was so proud of me and together we strutted the streets each day, putting the other dogs to shame. We did tricks together, we ate together, we’d watch TV together, I’d curl up next to my human at night. Everything was fine and full of love.

Then one day, we were ...

In a golden afternoon, under skies of cloudless blue, Leisel put down her book. She had just finished reading Alice in Wonderland on her mother’s recommendation. She took a deep sigh, wishing that amongst all of the war and the fighting and the stupid Nazis and rationing and the general war time gloom, that she could just disappear away into wonderland.

The greyness and stuffiness of the room wa...

For once I’m sat between you

In a bath of despair and rot.

You always told me I would be safe

But that was off by a long shot.

The wet leaves and sod

Turns grey beneath me

As I collapse beside the

Old larch tree

And I weep my ritual plea

Please come back to me....

“So we should just turn the corner and we’ll be there right?” Called out Seb who was perched precariously at the edge of the cliff, scanning a map.

“No! I think it’s that way,” yelled Josh over the wailing winds.

“Come and look here, I’m telling you it’s this way!”

Josh stumbled over some boulders, half bent over by his huge rucksack. Seb lifted his hand to point to the correct path only for t...

Roy Finch swung around and around in his chair. He’d never done a night shift before and he quickly realised why - because it was so incredibly deadly dull. Nothing ever happened except the occasional cat strutting along or an accidental car alarm so all he did was watch the street lamps get brighter or note down the cats he saw. But all this made everything all the more suspicious when a young bo...

It was another day for

the fairy tale friends

They had set up workshop

to make up for odds and ends.

Although the

tortoise was late

And Cinderella had rushed

off with another date.

Hansel and gretle

Laid out their huge signs

That read make sure your

Breadcrumbs are all in lines

Pinocchio aggressively shoved

Them out of the way

And began to arrange

His delicate crochet cafe

Whilst Snow...