Though he would normally look away from such people, for some reason he kept examining them from the back of the elevator. Do I know these losers? He wondered.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
On the first day of ninth grade, Fitzhugh Hardee Rainwater met the girl who immediately took up permanent residence deep in his heart.
- Length: 19 pages
- Age Rating: 15
There was a lot at stake. Too much to lose. They reckon we all have our price, and Algy knew mine.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
‘Bloody hell!’ said Detective Constable Bright. ‘It’s a minefield!’
‘There’s more …’ replied Detective Sergeant Dawes with a grimace.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
Aspiring writers are generally advised to ‘show’ not ‘tell’ and to minimise their use of adverbs. But where’s the fun in that?
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
Relaxing at home, Fernando spots an attractive young woman on the balcony opposite.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: 15
An investigator is put on the case when a mad philologist steals a new weapon.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
A travel guide to the little-known Eastern European destination of O.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
Detailing Dr Ludwig Boitus' studies of the strangely charastmatic Caliguinas bird.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
Humorous fable about an honest beggar, a miserly Lady and an infatuated butler.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
A renegade experimental psycologist explains how to inflict his methods on the general public.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
When his key breaks off on the inside of his apartment, the narrator must fight bureaucracy and apathy in increasingly desperate attempts to escape.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
A perfectly simple time travel experiment is made increasingly complex by the involvement of the inventor's other half.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
Baggio discovers that becoming a philosopher isn’t as simple as he thought.
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: PG