Short Stories

Money Talks

“Oh, look! A penny!” The lady bends down and picks the coin up from the damp car park floor. “Find a penny, pick it up,…

Let me just start this off by saying that I didn’t intend to steal a horse. OK? It wasn’t planned, it wasn’t plotted, it just…

Mason spreads the map out across the surface of the picnic table, using his binoculars and notebook to hold down the corners. “Alright, team, we’ve…

“WAKE UP!” Lucy is sitting in the living room of her semi-detached house, browsing the channels as she usually does at this time of the…

The soldiers huddle around the desk, their shoulders brushing against one another as all eyes scan the plans scattered in front of them, a single…

Friday 8th December 2023. It’s been another dull winter’s day, not just in the weather, but in the mood, almost as if the clouds themselves…

Tim was supposed to be in bed by eight. It’s half past now. In his defence, he can’t tell time yet. And even if he…