The Space Race Part 3

A ripple swept through the trees spreading out from its epicenter somewhere directly beneath the Captain's Pride, the glass bottomed ship. A huge drum was being beaten, signalling the countdown to the start of the race. The drum itself was many metres wide, it was hard to judge exactly how wide it was from the …

Added Weight Part 2

The fall lasted forever. Alice felt like The Alice. Was this how Alice felt when she fell through the rabbit hole, she thought to herself. The wind was rushing past her drowning out her senses. The only things Alice was vaguely aware of was a large flailing body falling somewhere just out of her vision, …

Infection Part 3

Ishild felt incredibly vulnerable in her little swan shaped plastic pedal boat. She had floated between the island and the mainland until the sun had set, in the hopes that darkness would cover her landing. The only problem was that she hadn't anticipated such a cloudy night. It was completely pitch black, not a single …

The Space Race Part 2

Ajax glanced around, feeling guilty as he welcomed the wealthy onto his ship with a fake smile plastered onto his face. He felt a slight glow of pride inside as he heard the exclamations of wonder coming from those already inside. The glass bottomed spaceship was one of its kind and really a wonder to …

Infection Part 2

A small pedal boat was not ideal, but it was the only option Ishild had. She frantically started digging it out of the sand and sea grasses that had started to cover it. The silhouettes on the horizon hadn't moved. They must not have seen her yet, but they were about to. Ishild had a …

The Space Race Part 1

A cluster of ships were floating a few metres above the surface of the planet. A few were flitting around in an elaborate aerial display to show off their speed and agility as a last ditch effort to convince the gathering crowds below to place a bet on them. This was the start line of …

Infection Part 1

Ishild was standing on the mainland staring at a small island a way off the shore. Although small, it looked imposing and almost uninhabitable due to the jagged rocks and steep cliffs. Despite that, the imposing cliffs had been utterly dominated by an enormous stone castle which had conquered the summit. The only way to …

Added Weight Part 1

Alice was babysitting a small girl for a nice family who lived at the end of her road. It was a beautiful sunny day so Alice decided to walk the girl through the city centre to the forest on the opposite side. There were great children's parks for the girl to play in whilst Alice …

Hands

Mac stands with his team in front of an abandoned building. They've been tasked with clearing the vermin out. It's a dangerous task and many have failed before them but his team are pumped full of adrenaline and desperate to get in and face their next challenge. The building is looming above them and covered …

Are there Pianos in Hell?

Allegra sits at a piano playing a beautiful melody. The piano crumbles around her, the wood is splintering and peeling away from the frame, but somehow the sound is still pure. The stool she is sitting on is burning, disintegrating into a pile of ashes. The flames lick her skin, curl through her eyelashes, and …

The Wonders of a Library

The taxi had driven Max as far as it could. He was now standing at the top of a single track dirt road. He could not see the end of the road as it curved into a patch of dense overhanging trees that obscured the path from view and blocked out the warm afternoon sun. …

School of Terrors

The school had a new head teacher. From the outside the changeover was smooth and the parents were happy. Their children were doing well, in some cases their unenthusiastic children were now fully absorbed by school work. Things on the inside looked somewhat different. The classrooms were no longer happy places full of jokes and …

The Enemy’s Truth

I was brought up not to trust and trained to complete my given missions with no questions asked. This one was no different. Here I was in the belly of the beast, at the centre of my target's lair. I hadn't been given a very detailed brief on him. I knew he would look human …