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Speculation about the outcome of the closest Derby race in years intensifies when Lola Pevensey claims to have dreamt the winner.
A failing writer resorts to desperate measures.
First person account of a department store caretaker's final day before retirement.
Returing home with a copy of Lethal Weapon IV under one arm, Katherine is surprised to find her sister waiting in the living room - especially since she has been dead for eight years.
A old man adjusts to life after the death of his wife from cancer.
A witty dinner conversation in which Clovis decides it is time his mother thought about getting married.
The residents of the Villa Elsinore lose a baby. Then they find a baby. Then they find another baby.
Arlington Stringham makes a joke in the Houses of Parliament - but fails to consider the consequences.
While spending time with his aging mother, a man buys a video of an old children's television series.
Revealing the sinister hidden agenda behind the apparently pointless behaviour of a particular type of tiny green insect.
Story for young adults about old Bill Smith and his mysterious ability in dealing with dogs.
Humorous application of the Aesop fable to modern writers.
A man decides to take action against football hooligans. Contains descriptions of violence.
Piecing together events after a touch of amnesia concerning the previous night, the clues begin to take a sinister turn. Contains descriptions of violence.
A cautionary tale for anyone considering involvement in high finance.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
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.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
Olly Rice had given his life to literature, but what had literature given him? A wound in the head that oozed something worse than blood or brain matter.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
