Short stories from around the world
The Polar Chief
“Well isn’t that the saddest story you ever saw?” Ern said, wiping his nose with the back of his hand, making his swallow tattoo glisten in the icy sun. And in truth it was. We’d […]
Short stories
Salt and Shingle
Whenever I think of the place, it’s a grey autumn day in November. Stirrings of Christmas, mist in the air, chill clinging to clothing, those little drops of moisture that would bead my fleece with […]
The Camper Van and the Criminal Justice Bill
After the divorce, the nineties began. My father, guilt ridden, took it upon himself to make amends and began taking my younger brother and me on a series of trips around the British Isles. […]
Stud Marsh
It’s been a long time. The bird freewheels through the air, soars above the reed-beds, dives into the marsh hunting frogs, smaller birds, water voles. The wetlands that form an isolated NNR, just outside the […]