First and Last Man by Richard Kefford
The nuclear war had killed everyone else on the planet twenty years before. He had travelled and searched since then but with no success. Why was he the one to be spared? Was it a…
Category Archives: Fiction
Bridging the Gap by Lauren Bell
There are rows of them aligned in columns, great pillars of oak, pine and mahogany facing our house. We’re not exactly sure how they came to be there but somewhere along the line, someone must…
The Giant’s Causeway and the National Trust – Pandering to Prejudice by Richard Kefford
– The Loch Ness Monster – a prequel You may have seen on the news that the National Trust is having to justify including the ‘young earth’ creationist view of the origin of the Giant’s…
The Letter by Eleanor Matthews
A light spray buffeted as Evie bobbed along the beachfront, and hair sketched charcoal outlines around her face. Her fingers caught in its salty nooses and she raked it aside in one wind-whipped mass. Clenched…
The Loch Ness Monster by Richard Kefford
Doctor Henry Lancaster slowed and then drew his VW pop-top into the layby overlooking the loch. It was his first sight of Loch Ness so he was impressed by the beauty of the calm water…
Once Ours by Vikki Gemmell
There you are, sitting in the seat that was once ours, with her. I hide behind my laptop, sneaking subtle glances, like the weirdos we used to deride when we whiled away the hours, making…
The seven ages of man by Richard Kefford
The age of infant The child was born when the child was young, but the world was old. It had existed for billions of years without that child – or that tribe – or that…
Looking Back by Paul Alexander
There was the dopp thud of two strangers dropping onto the back seat, and the door closed with a thump. Through the silence that followed, I could make out the gloppy sound of snogging. I…
White Now by Lauren Bell
They have not spoken in nearly forty-eight hours and the silence is killing them. They have been ordered to keep facing the front, to keep their eyes fixed in the infinite distance, and to not…
Ghost Word by Richard Kefford
You might laugh me out of the text but I think it is etymological discrimination. Just you check and see how many times little words like ‘the’ and ‘and’ get used compared to me. I…