Pig Beach
We took Tippi with us on our annual pilgrimage to Pig Beach. Now, before you start pointing fingers at us, apportioning blame for what happened, let me tell you about our dark, fair-bird. (14+)
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Umbilicus
He became physically and emotionally attached to her during their one-way voyage to the stars. The scientists, light years away on Earth, warned him that this might happen. Subconsciously, as they lay facing each other in their hibernated state, and at their re-awakening. But he never expected to fall in love with her. (18+)
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God Bless Ya!
She was sweeping the floor when I crept in. Sharleen. I took the pink ticket from my wallet, and walked up to her altar. There was a silver- bell, a tinker-bell. I rang it. She ignored me… (14+)
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The Girl on the Bus
I saw the girl on the bus today. Standing in the wasteland by the burnt-out shell of the reactor. (14+)
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Adelphi
‘Dear Lord, I do not want to be a saint, some of them are so hard to live with. Give me the strength to create good in me today and to renew the health of those less fortunate.’ Adelphi, a magical fantasy about miracle healing. (14+)
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Unbelievable Highs
Maud was stressed, flustered, hot and bothered. Her cheeks flushed. Her flesh prickled with unbearable heat. Thick sweat ran down her body, pooling in an annoying wet patch in the small of her back. (14+)
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Supposed Paradise
Imagine a beautiful expanse of turquoise water, a white sandy beach, inflatable beach toys, and women lounging around in bathing suits… now pollute it! (14+)
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Worried About Wioletta
I’m worried about Wioletta. She’s only small. I haven’t seen her since bedtime last night. That’s cool. She likes to hide and play. But she hasn’t come up for air since. And it’s getting dark outside… (14+)
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Dream, to Me
He feels lonely and unloved. Every night he surfs the internet in search of love. Will his dream come true? Or will he find despair? (14+)
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Knight in Shining Armour
Chantal strutted onto the patio, glided down the stone steps, threw her lady-bundle onto the sun lounger, and faced the camera. The sun lit up her burnt sienna hair… (18+)
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The Appearance
The shape was clearer now: an umbra, an unyielding circular sunglass surrounded by a thick black line, fading. The vision in the rest of her eye was just a blur. Her good eye shut. And she went into total eclipse. (14+)
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Stretch Class
It’s five-sixteen, rush hour, Poet’s Day, Friday 20th July 2029. Time for Stretch Class. (14+)
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The Hut
The Hut lies beyond the auld groin. The rotting sea timbers cut a black swathe through the estuarial slime. It is dusk. The man-sucking, fermenting morass of ragworm-infested mud flats stretches as far as the eye can see… (16+)
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Red Sparkle
‘How big were these jellyfish?’ Tess spread her hands apart more than a foot, ‘Oh, these were big ones, David!’ (18+)
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Myrtlesham Halt
Helen, a war widow, leads a solitary life in the Suffolk countryside -until her life is transformed by the arrival of a young soldier. (14+) from Basque – Love Stories
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Salt Marsh
‘There’ll be no moon of cheese tonight, no starry night sky, no witch riding a broomstick.’ Salt Marsh. Ghostly goings-on! (14+)
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Intimate Exchange
An intense encounter between catering students Keir and Gail begins in the college restaurant on their first morning of lectures and ends in the canteen just after lunch. (14+) from Basque – Love Stories
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Heathen
I don’t like it here. Something evil, terrible, will happen to her here, near the dark forest, in his alehouse, in the pond, by the old oak tree. ‘Wake up, girl! look who’s come to see you…’ (18+)
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Mae
“Woo! A cross between Sweeney Todd and Silence of the Lambs! Love it!” MAE! You don’t want to meet her on the last train home. MAE! It’s getting DARK outside. (18+)
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Vanity
‘Think I’m vain, don’t you Mum?’ ‘I don’t think you’re vain, poppet. You had a thick vein. It needed to be cut out. I paid for you. He cut it out.’ (16+)
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Deceit
A fatal hit-and-run accident. A husband with a guilty secret. A widow craving intimacy. A cripple seeking revenge. In a sensuous web of deceit. Sometimes deceit costs lives. (18+)
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Memory Foam
‘Dreaming about tooth loss is scary enough….’ ‘…but when you wake up to find you’ve lost your teeth…’ (16+)
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What Is The Point, When?
‘What is the point, when…?’ ‘The point, Lieutenant,’ the Captain interrupted, ‘is that these inhumans are infected. They only have to spit in your eye or kiss your mouth to infect you, understand?’ (18+)
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Genome
A behavioural psychologist and a geneticist, specializing in human behaviour, study the effect of genetic mutation on several couples on a boozy night out at a local bar. The human’s behaviour disintegrates into chaos as the women get drunk and their stupefied male partners look on helplessly. The climax of this psychological sci-fi thriller is sensational and disturbing! (16+) Meet the Characters: Professor Hayley Colorado DPhil, Behavioural Psychologist (olive green top, glasses): Professor Elliot Detroit DPhil, Geneticist Specializing in Human Behaviour ( jacket, blue shirt over white vest, glasses): Suzie McPhail (blood-stained white smock, rose tinted spectacles): Alex McPhail (petrified, buttoned chequered creamy yellow shirt, dandruff-flecked red sweater, glasses): Karen McNiel (knowing look, salmon halter neck top, round spectacles): Liam McNiel (pensive, purpled face, horn-rimmed spectacles): Paula McVeigh (busty, grey vented dress, round shades): Delmont McVeigh (blank “out of it” expression, glasses removed): Fleur McPherson (pink vest, blue denim shorts, blonde hair, luminous war paint): Liam McPherson (hiding behind cannabis plant, shades): Marnie McTavish (blonde, short red crop top, faded denim shorts, pulling at hair, glasses): Ewen McTavish (surprised, “spaced-out” look, beard, quiff, pink-tinted spectacles): Debbie McIntyre (smug look, braided hair, glasses): Bartender (proud Germanic look, grey hair, glasses) … and Doug.
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The Bald Woman
I first saw the bald woman early on Wednesday evening. If I’m honest, I found the experience extremely upsetting and it is only now that I feel able to tell you about it. (14+)
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The Elite
How long do I expect to live for? I don’t want to live, not like the elite. (16+)
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Message in a Sealed Letter
She sits in an old armchair, sits in the quiet of her living room in this modest house. The letter rests on the table next to its ripped-open envelope. The man from the pit delivered it – embarrassed, stern-faced – then departed with subdued and unheard words; glad to escape without further ado. About the Author: Adam Carlton has a background in Physics and Artificial Intelligence. His writing is informed by his experiences of left-wing politics in Paris, France. He has had stories published in ‘The Ronin Express’ volumes 7, 8, and 10, and by the Aphelion Webzine. His first book, ‘Freya’s Deathbed Conversations and other stories‘, was published in 2019; his second book, ‘Donatien’s Children‘, an SF novel, was published in 2022. Both are available on Amazon: Freyja’s Deathbed Conversations: and other stories: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07Y1Q85ZG/ Donatien’s Children: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09Q8Y98Y9/
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Blood Beasts
The evening draws on. Some swifts fly in and out of our eaves. I take my glass, stand, and walk towards the kitchen door. Some dead leaves rustle underneath our hydrangea, beside the garden wall. Strange, there’s no breeze tonight, not even a zephyr. Can’t be an animal. Must be a bird, I decide, a baby bird, poor thing, with a broken wing… Blood Beasts by HJ Furl and Adam Carlton (18+)
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Primordia
Tiernan, a black man, and Rose, a white woman, are hibernated and sent to a new-born planet in the outer reaches of our Solar System to establish an equal civilization. Just as CLAIRE (Caring Loving AI Really Exists) suffers an emotional breakdown. Primordia, a sensational new space audiovisual thriller by HJ Furl featuring amazing Isla McNair. (16+)
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The Tania Imperative
I want a lovely figure, and rare amber eyes, like Tania’s. (16+)
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Box of Tricks
Been hiding in the forest with my wooden box of tricks. Well, I say it’s a box. It isn’t a box, really! Box of Tricks – an anti -War Story dedicated to the end of all suffering for innocent children and their parents in times of war (16+)
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The Picture Girl
This is the girl who leads you astray, This is the girl who takes you away! The Picture Girl from Thrill Ride (!) (16+)
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Killer Girl
‘You can put your gun away! Come in and give me a hug. The water’s lovely and warm.’ (18+)
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