It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live
“Tweeker in room 4.” “Already? It’s 7:30 on a Tuesday morning!” “Crack can’t tell time Moira.” Dr Moira Newell sighed and finished her coffee in 3 large gulps, savouring her last of peace she faced her shift head-on. “Knock knock, doctor in the house,” she joked peaking through the privacy curtain. The patient couldn’t have... Continue Reading →
“The distress call came from these coordinates,” the tinny words resounded through the vast emptiness around them. “I don’t see anything,” George replied through the speaker in his helmet, his apprehension creeping through the pretence of professionalism. “I don’t hear anything either, are we in the right place?” Raj pushed the button on his unbuilt... Continue Reading →
“No way, no freaking way did that just happen.” “What can I say? I’m just pure skill…” “No way, that must have been the luckiest shot in the world.” “It’s all in the angles, here you try,” The two boys turned away from the 7 car pile-up they had caused on the road beneath them,... Continue Reading →
Sweaty bodies clashed together in an explosion of lust and too many vodkas. Amanda and Noel had only just met a few hours earlier but the stars had aligned and they each needed to seek comfort in another; So here they were, panting with need and nearing their crescendo. *** As her level of intoxication... Continue Reading →
Nathan had always been a man who liked options. From the moment he could remember, he was never satisfied with getting just one of anything. He didn’t have just one favourite teddy, he had 5 he rotated, he didn’t have one nightlight he had three, all in different locations, he never just got one ice-... Continue Reading →
Photo by Maria Kharitonova on Pexels.com Creeping footsteps soundlessly slipped down a darkened stairway, a target sighted, a mouth watered. Billy couldn’t wait to get his hands on his prize, he had been thinking about it all day. He cursed quietly as the kitchen door creaked slowly open but no one in the slumbering house... Continue Reading →
“Darling, no, sit down, I’ll get that for you.” Ella smiled thinly, sinking back into her wheelchair. “Thanks, mum,” It’s not that she couldn’t walk, she could technically get up and walk just fine, it’s just that she shouldn’t… What if she had a funny turn? Or A migraine attack? What if she fell and... Continue Reading →
Photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels.com It slipped into the tepid water, barely making a splash. Ripples echoed throughout the lake, silently announcing its arrival. No one noticed. With webbed appendages it glided through the water. Short, sharp teeth glinted in the moonlight. No one saw. Up ahead a couple lounged, tangled together in a... Continue Reading →
Merideth rolls over in her sleep and mumbles, outside of her window another flash blooms in the darkness, making the quiet street seem all the darker afterwards. Meredith tosses again in her sleep, this time sitting up in confusion, a silent shadow slowly retreats leaving nothing but unease in its place. She goes back to... Continue Reading →
The knife seemed to glow with some otherwordly light, clenched in her lover's fist she couldn’t take her eyes off of it. “Do you love me?” He cried, waving the knife in an arc that came perilously close to her face. She didn’t flinch as she met his eyes, “Of course, love, of course I... Continue Reading →
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