Dr. Tyler gestured to the door and Christie walked back into Eric’s field of vision. “Hi honey, guess what, you’re gonna be mummy’s precious little baby boy soon. I’m gonna take real good care of you sweetums, I promise. We’ll go on the park and get you a little splash pool to play in, […]

I was engulfed in a cloud of music. Everything was together, the drums, the bass, the vocals, the rhythm guitar, and of course, the lead guitar. Chills raced down my spine as the song was winding down. My fingers raced between strings, bending them every few notes and throwing in a few vibrato harmonics to […]

  A smile attempted to break onto Chastity’s features, but she contained all of it but a lip twitch. “Almost makes you wonder what we should do about that.” She came to a stop at the end of her sentence and turned to face him. Jack slowed and stopped a pace or two away from […]

  On the way home I saw Chris again, only this time I don’t think he saw me. He was once again leaning on that same tree, wearing the same jersey, holding that same hockey stick and looking in the opposite direction, just as he almost always seems to be doing. The evidence was piling […]

  It seemed all too soon the ba-ba was empty. Mama took it away and Brian saw that the others had disappeared. He spotted Rachel across the parachute, now sat in a big baby walker like at Meggy’s house. This one was a bit more basic, just a white walker with mesh seat and a […]

  They ran out to the driveway and pulled Bridget’s sign off the fence. She helped him carry it into the back of the pickup where they put it picture side down. Derek threw the magnetic signs in the woods and hid the gun in the glove box. He shut the door and stood back. […]

    “Oh there’s no need to apologise Peter… you’ve done nothing wrong.” the teacher reassures. Their attention is drawn by a group of girls leaving and waving bye-bye specifically to Peter. He blushes, not knowing what to make of it; teasing or friendly… who can tell? Peter looks at his sister, then his reflection. […]

  Janet might’ve expected me to concede her point. To say, “Maybe not all Amazons are that bad.” What I said instead was, “I guess I don’t have an inch of common sense, then.” Janet blinked. “Clark, I like you. But I don’t think you and I can be friends right now.” “I agree.” “You […]

Shes here, Mr. Rakovic, said the burly, dark-suited driver into his short-wave radio, but theres a civilian with her. What do you want me to do? Stay put, replied a crackly, yet authoritative voice. Im leaving the central station. Just passing the synagogue. Traffics good. Ill be there directly. If she leaves first, trail her […]

I turned off the radio and looked into Denise’s eyes. Her expression bore a pursed smile. “I think I came across as a bit of a dragon.” she said. “Noo!” I insisted, although at times, she did. “The presenter was sooo patronising toward me don’t you think?” I said. “I’m sure you didn’t want to […]