- Nov 29, 2020
Strangers
Strangers, but not quite. Estranged is probably a better word now that self-imposed barriers are in place. It's better like this, the...
- Nov 18, 2020
Touch Screen
"Player 1, engage!" The command was erupting in my ears in the too quiet house, shaking me awake. My hands automatically hovering over...
- Jul 24, 2017
Tales of a Fairy
Every road she takes leads her to a place far, far from where we were born. Destiny has a hand in this. The signs are all there: Like...
- Jul 24, 2017
The Road to Al Dhaid
I wake up from a deep sleep, startled by silence and a bed devoid of him. I lay spread eagled, entangled in white cotton sheet, a sense...
- Jul 24, 2017
50
The blush of sunrise greeted the Mother City, the heat thick and stifling even in the early hours. Sublime Summer down south. Sublime...
- Nov 28, 2015
Ben
Ben woke up, grogginess clinging to him like a overly possessive mother. Stretching out his legs, he uncovered his torso, kicking at the...
- Nov 26, 2015
Auriel
Sand shifted underfoot as Auriel made her way to the edge of the sea. Water cold as ice ebbed at her tiny feet, alabster white speckled...
- Nov 22, 2015
Small things
Daph came home to an empty house, the light streaming in from bare windows hurting her eyes; she squinted, scrunching up her face till...
- Nov 21, 2015
11:11
The jingle of Daph’s keys was drowned out by a taxi speeding past - the doof-doof of the stereo could be heard from a mile away, Drake...
- Nov 11, 2015
35
An unnerving calm settled over Walmer Estate, neighbours having cleared out of the residential area fast and the shrieking wind having...
- Sep 11, 2015
Burning
Butterflies flutter butter soft, ever present in his presence. Thoughts grip tightly onto images of him, my mind playing them over and...
- Sep 10, 2015
lila
Lila stood in her bedroom, the late afternoon sun streaming in through sheer curtains, wicked thoughts playing through her mind as she...