Fallen Angel
There – my work complete. I will be forgiven and the Master will take me back. See how the moon’s pale glow falls onto your wings? How wonderfully translucent is the indigo of the night sky, as it hangs between…
Nemesis
Nemesis ‘All that I am saying is I want you out of my life – forever.’ ‘Oh, I see.’ ‘Ahh – No, no, no, no. I don’t believe you. That’s your problem, you never, ever see. You have always lived…
Inviting Terror
Inviting Terror The door opened slowly where it rested silently against the rubber stop. Moonlight flooded onto the symmetrical tiles of the hall floor. The only sound oozing from the parlour, where chanting could be heard – the words inaudible,…
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…
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…
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…