The Bogeyman
Steve Dover As dusk and dark come earlier when time approaches Autumn and Winter brings calm cold mists to the streets, the lights throw shadows and shapes that awaken imagination and fear. Are they all fleeting shadows or is there…
If Only They Could Talk
Ian Walker Miles Goodyear’s whole life has been planned out for him. Born into a wealthy brewing family in Chesterfield between the wars, he knows he will go to the local grammar school, followed by St John’s College, Oxford. After…
Charles Dickens: My Life
Derwin Hope When Charles Dickens died prematurely on the 9th June 1870 aged only 58, he left behind a legacy unsurpassed in English fictional literature. But he also wanted to write his true life story and this remained undone. 150…
The War of the Snakes
Julian Cheek “Dreams can’t be real, can they?” Such is the gnawing question reverberating through Sam’s head as he battles with a dilemma, which refuses to be ignored. In his dreams, he is always confronted by one simple point: Muanga-Atua…
The Loss of Some Detail
Mandi Martin Forget all you know, for all you know might well be false. That is how is often seems to asylum worker James Grey as he tends to the patients abandoned to Oculus Mentis, an austere asylum lost to…
The Vatican Games
Alejandra Guibert Vera is born on the day an apocalyptic revenge is unleashed, annihilating half of the world’s population. Her birth marks the beginning of a new world order run by powerful gaming corporations. A warless existence with no poverty…
The Legend of Sidri
Rauf Khalilov In the mythical realm of Badalonium, a young boy named Sidri lived happily with his beloved parents. But the family is shattered by an evil figure from the afar, triggering a series of events that lead Sidri on…
Outremer IV
D. N. Carter A great secret from antiquity is threatened; its eradication, if successful, will lead to mankind’s destruction. There can be no compromise in safeguarding it, whatever the fateful consequences to those entrusted with its continuation. Paul faces impossible…
North of the Rock
Ian Jones John smith is a man who solves problems, just don’t try to stop him. As a favour to an old friend in the FBI John returns to West Texas. But there is now a whole new town and…
The Rock 'N' Roll. 'N' That…
Steven J. Gill “Rock ‘n’ roll is a nuclear blast of reality in a mundane world where no-one is allowed to be magnificent.” The former manager of The Runaways said that. The mad bastard. And Johnny Harrison swore by it.…
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