Category: Short Stories

Animal World Order

Animal world order The ape and the hippo stood and watched as the last of the escapees were rounded up. You’d think those silly humans

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Trouble at sea

Trouble at Sea Showing no sign of remorse, he stood holding the knife still dripping with blood. Late afternoon sun glinting in his eyes, he

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Mick O’grady

Short Story  Mick O’grady  Mick O’grady was a short wiry Irishman, he was an angry young man ,who also had a witty charming side.  I

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In the night

In the night He looked up to the sky all remnants of daylight were gone.  If he kept perfectly still the pain was bearable.  As

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Coming at me

Coming at me It was coming at me fast, in the dark of night. I was gripped with terror, I wanted to scream but my

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Beneath the stobie pole

Beneath the stobie pole. There’s no need to wander far from one’s home to find mystery. Out the front beneath the stobie pole we found

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Act of furtherance

Act Of Furtherance Gagging from the stench he tentatively removed the dressing from the festering carbuncle on the old man’s leg. Just how long he’d

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The Canoe Saga

What could possibly go wrong? Some 16 years ago, a baking summer’s day, four intrepid friends paddle south from Sellicks Beach. J1 and J2 in

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