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The Stories*

The Tall-Tale-Teller's Tale

by Paul Blaney

I was already old the day I met Hercules and he wasn't yet Hercules then. Old and poor and blind to boot... (more)

shirageshi

by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone

Hirunobu still had the hair of a schoolboy. Soft, like the fluff of a baby chicken... (more)

What We Know

by Liz Rosen

Richard is telling his snake story again. He waves his bourbon and water through the air as if he were conducting... (more)

Service Station

by Kate Ansell

The snow fell, and the world pulled over. At Junction 12, they were lucky enough to find a service station... (more)

Shelly Finds A Film

by Sally Foote

On the way home, Shelly found a film. A yellow cased, Kodak, Elite Chrome 36 exposure, colour slide... (more)

The Beginning

by Imogen Salt

I have an idea that I want to start something. I take a walk then. Take a walk along the canal.... (more)

Witching Hour

by Sally Hinchcliffe

Somewhere in the spiritual, if not the geographical, heart of Middle England there is a small honey-hued town... (more)

Lantirn

by Tracy Maylath

The nature of the death list changed after the Queen Mother kicked the bucket.... (more)

Page Sixty-One

by David Christopher

The flash was on. She was too close to be in focus - soft focus, thin lips, the hint of ... (more)

Regression

by Jules Gibson

The nature of the death list changed after the Queen Mother kicked the bucket.... (more)

Plain Useless

by Kit Whitfield

When she was sixteen, my mother saw a freak show for the first time. She wandered the dust... (more)

The Miracle Of Breasts

by Linda James

Miss Adam-Jones' breasts always walked into the room first. Enormous and conical like embroidered... (more)

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