(1 minute read) by B.G. Smith (U.S.A) The encounter was an inconspicuous manifestation concealed amongst the sacraments at Sunday Mass. Sister Elizabeth stopped to adjust the tab collar dislodged from his cassock. Chestnut eyes locked with hers. Her hand brushed his chin, and a familiar warm flash originated in her pelvis and coursed through her …
(4 minute read) by David Lowis (U.K) Eric chopped onion, garlic and red pepper and scraped the diced vegetables from the chopping board into a paella pan. The ingredients sizzled as they hit hot oil, sending the aroma of cooked garlic into the air. Jazz music was playing in the open plan living room; he …
(12 minute read) by Emma Overton (U.K) Do not come here, do not try to find us, we are all dead. I repeat - do not come here, we are already lost. My name is Lydia Valente, I am the grade 2 Peacekeeper of Roanoke Colony. I am the only one left alive at the …
(20 minute read) by Roland Gray (U.K) Catrin Carlyle was waiting to be counted through the opening credits of the evening’s main news bulletin - her sour scowl and snappish attitude unfamiliar to the millions of regular viewers enchanted by her sunny on-screen persona. But as far as work was concerned, she was a perfectionist, …
(1 minute read) by Stevie Metcalfe (U.K) https://open.spotify.com/episode/4z83h3AKLSES0XuYYMiG8B Audio version available on Pocket Fiction Podcast {October 11, 1641} Mary floated gracefully out of the mid-morning fog into the twinkling light of the frosted fallen leaves of the churchyard, the most beautiful bride ever to grace the steps of the Church of St Michael the Archangel. …
(5 minute read) by Archibald Hobbs (Australia) I ceased mumbling to myself the moment the large, red dog careened down the side street and hurtled across the busy road. I looked for an owner in fevered pursuit – and listened for feverish voices – but neither came. Without debate, I resolved to follow the Labrador …
(2 minute read) by Anne Lowe (U.K) 'Please enter destination' Gerald pressed in the letter keys for Bosforth Hall and Spa, Oakhampton and smiled at the girl sitting by his side. "Just the place," said Gerald with a satisfied grin. "Somewhere nice and quiet where nobody knows us," he said as he wiped away the …
(20 minute read) by Max Talley (U.S.A) Alan Pearson surveyed the mist rising off the sea. He scanned the narrow strip of beach that curved around Whale Cove and heard the concussion of waves against monolithic offshore rocks. No sign of the lurking stranger yet. This place had been his dream for years while he …
(9 minute read) by Whitney Reinhart (U.S.A) https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ZfhPjEzXhswxA3Ku7IXEP?si=eADLy2NsQYqWQuoqFmzCgA&dl_branch=1 Russell R. Russell spent his life preparing to survive the apocalypse. Orwell, Huxley, Kirkman and, occasionally, King and Koontz were his prophets. He studied, memorized their works, the way others studied the Bible or the Quran. He daydreamed about surviving the zombie hordes à la Rick Grimes …
(4 minute read) by Sunil Sharma (India) He remembered the smirk!As he woke up, the first thing that came to mind was the grin seen years ago, in an unlikely place! Waking up, Suresh recalled the beastly encounter. It came suddenly, some dim corner of a mind becoming alert. He went back ten years to …
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