Freedom
‘Martin. Do you know what freedom is?’ Miss Price watched the boy over her round rimmed spectacles, her foot tapping on the lectern’s step. Her mouth puckered expectantly and her nostrils flared. Miss Price was of slight build with…
The Ground
The words terra firma bring music to the ears of a person who has experienced a rough flight then learns the plane has landed safely. We Earth creatures are attached to the ground by a wonderful power called gravity. Even…
Bookworms
Bookworms ‘That Dawkins bloke is at it again.’ ‘You mean that fella who says there’s no such thing as a god?’ ‘Aye.’ ‘Then he must have a new book to flog.’ ‘Aye, he does, and he’s called it “An appetite…
Brown Eagle
The mountain reached up to a blackening sky. Dusk was falling and shadows were cast on craggy outcrops. Hidden in one of the rocky crevices was an empty nest … A young brave moved stealthily through the thick lush undergrowth.…
The Sculptor
I wait for the darkness, the deafening rumble as the last stone is rolled into place. Although my eyes are wide with fear they see no more. I hear the beating in my chest pounding through my ears. I taste…
Winter Sprite
As with all species of sprites, the Winter Set can only be brought into existence when the conditions are absolutely perfect. So it was on that particular January afternoon, just as the sun was casting its last beam of the…
🔉 Dust
“I’ll show you fear,” the cowboy saidAs we travelled the Wastelands together“I’ll give you a handful of dust” “There is nothing to fear from dust,” I said“I keep three boxes by my bedThese are my rocksGround down by lifeNot living…
Never Too Mighty
Oberon stared up at the tree. ‘Who hung him?’ ‘I did.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because he stole something precious, he broke the rules.’ ‘Why have I been brought here?’ ‘Because you stole something precious, you broke the rules. Come with me and…
Black Friday
He kicks the ground with characteristic impatience sending dust clouds across the floor and snorts before it can settle. Head bowed and horns steady he charges as the clamour of metal against brass rings around the world; thus heralding that…
🔉 Convergence
Convergence It was, for her, a matter of survival that her home was perfectly aligned so that every pathway she took would lead to a cache of stored treasure. Her mathematical genius was second nature, almost as important as the…