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A man is told by a palm reader that he will commit a murder. A satirical crime story that cleverly reverses the conventions of the genre.
Hughie Erskine is good-looking but penniless and needs ten thousand pounds to wed the love of his life. Then he drops in on a painter friend......
A fisherman accidently captures and falls in love with a mermaid but must make a sacrifice to be with her. A fairytale, reminiscent of The Little Mermaid, parodying usual divisions between body and soul.
A romantic nightingale comes to the aid of a lovesick student who has a single day to find a red rose.
Two woodcutters discover a baby where a shooting star falls - but the child it becomes is both beautiful and cruel.
The story of a man's encounter with a painstakingly mysterious girlfriend.
A modern fairy tale about the selfless acts of a golden statue and a migrating swallow.
What exactly is friendship? A miller has very strong opinions on the subject in this witty tale narrated by a bird.
No Trespassing! - The tale of one giant and his garden.
Who is the mysterious Mr. W. H. to whom Shakespere dedicated his sonnets? The validity of one bizarre theory hinges on a wonderful painting which may or may not be a fake.
A spectacular party is thrown in honour of the Infanta of Spain's birthday; there are actors, jugglers, magicians - and a dancing dwarf. A heart-wrenching tale about inner and outer beauty.
At the marriage of a handsome prince to a beautiful princess, a spectacular firework display is planned. This is the story of those fireworks - and one very important rocket in particular.
The story of young prince, brought up as a goatherd, who becomes king on the death of his father and develops a deep fascination with the beautiful objects his wealth affords him.
When an American minister buys Canterville Chase, a long term resident's life (or death) is thrown into turmoil.
After the success of his first novel and the flop of his second novel, he knew he needed to write a compelling story or his publisher would drop him.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
Mrs. McDoogle had a bugle,
But she couldn’t play a note.
If there was one thing Alex knew about JP by now, it was that the elaboration of a keenly held opinion wouldn’t be far away. And so it proved.
Zena could hardly believe that she was on a plane, gazing down over the North Island. Everything she knew about New Zealand came from Luke’s photographs and postcards: sparkling lagoons, snow-capped mountains and silver ferns.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
Over the next three years, they became a couple. Not romantically, but as close and valued companions who shared their hopes and ambitions, their fears and regrets, their successes and disappointments.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
When a friend asks Ethan to test out his new navigation app for a journey across the country, Ethan happily obliges. However, as with most new apps, it's not uncommon to run into a few bugs along the way.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
I would be staring past the characters at the painted background. Faraway hills and tall summer trees against a wide horizon. What was there?
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Sci-Fi
That afternoon, she still believed that her father had not meant what he had done. Once the black cloud had lifted, as it always did, he would come to his senses and beg Mum’s forgiveness.
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
Once there was a man named Frederick Alarcy who lived and died. He left a widow and two strong sons, and they lived through their grief on the slopes of Broken Pine Tor
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Fiction
