Young at Heart
Lana hasn’t changed at all since I initiated the affair. She is still the same woman I left: gentle, refined, sophisticated, charming, and beautiful. She has the vitality and physique of a woman half her age. (14+)
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The Arrival
The mist lifted. The sky cleared. Izzy stared at the heavens, the blue void filling with crescent moons, glitterball stars, gasping, awed by what came next! (18+)
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I Saw Her Crying in Tom Planter’s Field
I saw her crying in Tom Planter’s field, The blonde-haired girl in black nobody knows… (14+)
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Red Rubber Ball
‘Did you think I was going to crack under the pressure? Go on, admit it, I had you fooled there, didn’t I?’ (16+)
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Wishes
Two college students from vastly different social classes, Alex, and Jacqui, are set up on a blind date by Suzie: sunbathing on Wittering Beach, then a romantic candlelit dinner. Alex is a hermit who has never known love. He worries Jacqui might not turn up. Fears she’ll break his heart if she does. The date starts badly and gets progressively worse… A story about love, respect, and the implications for new relationships. (14+)
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Our Secret Place
Dear Linda, I found your old diaries this morning. I sat on the rectory bench where we used to meet, the weak autumn sun in my face, turning the faded pages of a life filled with love and tears. Do you remember the tennis courts where we played when we were young? They’re overgrown now, covered in moss, dying leaves, curling crisps of bronze and gold. Their nets are torn to shreds, like my heart. I closed your book and thought of all the good times we had. I miss you. Daniel xx (14+)
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Dying Wish
Lying comatose on top of the counterpane, dead from the neck down. The body twitched! The body lit up, in deep purple! The body came to life! ‘Oh, my God! Charlie! What have they done to you?! Charlie! Charlie! (16+)
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Apocalypse
In 2017, one hundred and sixteen founders of robotics and AI companies signed a petition calling for an outright ban on killer robots and lethal autonomous weapons, claiming the use of such weapons crossed a moral red line… (16+)
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Dancers, Why?
It is a freezing cold night in January 1945. The War is nearly over. Sarah is in the mood for love. She enters the village hall where she meets an American airman. He asks if she can dance the jitterbug. Sarah has been practising all day. They leave the hall. He walks her home. She asks if he would like to stay the night. The surprise builds up in Sarah like a white rabbit about to burst out of a magician’s hat. (16+)
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Tuft
‘What’re you waiting for?’ I slur, ‘Want you.’ Tuft ‘so sensual, a beautiful little story’ (18+)
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Blue Infinity, Red Heart
‘You were staring at my freckles, weren’t you? Like other men do. Beautiful, aren’t they?’ Her freckles intoxicated, wearied, me. I rubbed my eyes, my bearded face. ‘Yes, but I…’ ‘In case you were wondering, they go on forever,’ she sighed wearily, ‘like me.’ I shook my head. Had a long day, dreamy, wanted my bed. ‘Sorry, what did you just say?’ ‘I go on forever,’ she said, with a hint of pride, ‘Would you like to live forever with me?’ (14+)
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The Dare
A schoolboy is challenged to a cruel dare by a bully. An anti-bullying story.
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Night Sweats
My problem is my night sweats. It’s a problem many of us suffer from at this time of year. But why? (16+)
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