scifi Til The Lights Sputter Out Is this it? My reward for holding out just a faceful of cold concrete floor?
fantasy Heroically Unprepared What? You… don’t know what the Gilt Caterpillar is for? You ARE here to slay the Skullmuld, yes?
scifi Skulkers Rise For Sundown “Well EXCUSE ME for worrying about my buddy in the middle of a MONSTER INFESTED APOCALYPSE!”
urban fantasy A Gap In The Joists “Hello, this is ‘Haunting & Hexes Helpline’, what’s your magical malady?” “Is there a way to tell if you’re being haunted? There’s this dream I’ve always had…”
autobiographical fiction Back To The Archives Sad though I am to bid farewell to my oldest creation, every story needs to end - and Pois’s adventures are far from over.
fantasy Steered By The Heart-Compass Everyone knew the tale - stick a compass needle into someone’s heart, lash them to the wheel, and you’d be steered safely home no matter the weather. Nobody had ever wanted to test it, but…
scifi Ménage à 11 “She’s clearly gone insane, Your Honour. I formally rescind my accusation of her trying to sabotage my work…”
scifi Stephanie's Wish Stephanie had been making the same wish at every opportunity since she was three years old to the lofty age of seven. And now, it might have been answered…
scifi An Unexpected Stopover Between Mars And Atlantis Ok, you got all sorts of lousy japes pulled at a major spaceport like this, but this was something else. “Atlantis, huh?”
grief A Waterlogged Lily Lily coughed and gasped. It was dark. It was cold. Her lungs and throat burned and her head throbbed and she felt dizzy. What had happened?
autobiographical fiction Properly Un-Thinking I roll my eyes at the judgemental alien who’s perched on the shelf above my bed - to the mild annoyance of my cats, that being part of THEIR walkway.
scifi A Sputtering Light Cast Forward Never before had an international meet been so packed. But then, never before had they been meeting on such an important matter, one which threatened the fate of the entire world.
autobiographical fiction A Death Of Imagination At some point I might get used to having what is effectively an imaginary friend tangibly present, and in fact lolling at the foot of my bed. But not yet.
scifi Fulfilling Fulfilment It was a puzzle the likes of which the Hyperglobe Automated Production And Dispatch Centre had never before received; “I want fulfilment”.
urban fantasy Wearing Your Heart On Your Back Cathy wasn’t surprised that her brother Carl ignored her calls for weeks. But she was surprised, and immediately concerned, when HE then called HER.
urban fantasy A Cocoon Of Not Quite Pure Chaos Norm was being held prisoner, he was certain of it. The one thing this mercurial madhouse refused to produce was an exit.
urban fantasy Vivvy And Friends Redux Why was someone trying so hard to recover all the copies of a small indy stop-motion film based on an obscure old children’s cartoon?
scifi A Flight Curtailed Last checks before launch. Careful now, if this goes wrong we’re all in for it…
autobiographical fiction The Latest In A Long Line Of Eclectic Community Service Sentences I’m TRYING to sleep, when… “Hi, my name is Pois and I’ll be your muse this evening-”
horror Heard Through Itching Bones If Maggie had been asked what she was doing at The Dig, she probably would’ve mumbled something about looking for work. But nobody asked. There was no need. They understood.
fantasy Chasing Fire, Wasting Flowers Charles strode into the library with the cocky assurance of a master wizard. And sure enough, everyone moved for him - except one.
scifi Star Siblings' Echoes Wrought In Gold What could possibly have caused this? For so long we have dreamed of making contact with alien life, of finding this sapient species which cast a message to us, yet now...
horror A Jesterly Welcome I always scoffed at stories which start with people stranded in the middle of nowhere without shelter or phone signal. Guess the joke’s on me…
scifi It's Not The Fact You Aren't Human, I Just Want To Stay Professional “I, uh, I’m flattered-” Captain Jones stammered, and the ship’s computing core whirring into overdrive told him that “LISA” had successfully extrapolated from there.
urban fantasy Regression To Norm Norman Smith had been voted the most boring person at every school he’d attended, which was particularly impressive given none of them had ever put “most boring” on the list of categories to vote for.
