THE GARGOYLE'S DISPLEASURE

It was a glorious late summer's day that day. The far corona blessed the World in orange heat and we skipped in its fabulous promise. It...

Drowning. Falling. Stroked. Swallowed by the world. A miasma. A dreg. Bitten in two. One half dead. The other shit-thick like a dry fuck. I ...

Judy stood first. Punch followed. It was party time. The night was young. As young as new blood. They had time to kill. The streets were dar...

Gustav hadn't seen Martin for 25 years, not since they had been bitter rivals in the World Chess Championships.  Gustav had heard from a...

Mars opened its first store in 2070. It had been colonised since 2040 and over the thirty years it's pioneers had carved out a unique Ma...

The two boys glared at each other across the vitreous reflector. Smmek and Dedsi. Their hatred for each other was tangible, a choking smog o...

It happened in the neutron blast. Boom. I was thrown onto the staircase. I went downstairs and realised after a while that this was my past....

Ada was waiting for Norman to come round. He always came on a Friday night with a little extra something for her. Tonight was going to very ...

The man began his day sweeping dried leaves from his verandah, the fallen messages from the mountain ash. Autumn and Winter had passed and S...

Gregory looked in the mirror. His reflection was viscous.  He rubbed his eyes. Jesus, I've got to stop drinking on Fridays! His colleagu...

The old Don was fed up with Christmas before it had even begun. The colleges were closed, the porter's retired for the holiday and the c...