Don’t All Wear Capes
Almost my whole life, I’ve wanted to be a superhero. Ever since I saw my first one. I was fifteen, it was the county fair, and I’d just about learnt everything I could possibly...
Category: Short Story
Katie and the Grue
One day, a Grue jumped out on Katie from under the bed. “Rargh!” said the Grue. “Hello,” said Katie. “Do you want to play tea parties?” “No,” said the Grue, “I want to eat...
Big Cat
(Bbbring. Bbbring) Hello. Well yes, this is Whipsnade Zoo. How can I help you? You’ve found a cat? And you think it might be one of ours? Well, you see, we don’t tend to...
Privacy
25th May 2012: New Cookie Law Makes Europe Safest Place to be Online | New York Times Wayne Dvorjak, June 1st 2012 Went online today. Chaos. All my favourite sites are forcing me to...
The straight and narrow
It was a bright and breezy day when Tom Hobbes decided to burn down his shop. This was a fortunate coincidence since a wet rainy day would have made the building difficult to light....
Through a Window
Jonathon sat at his table and sipped his coffee. It was not even five and already the place was crowded. It would get even more crowded later, as the daytime coffee drinkers made way...
When I grow up (I will be happy)
When I grow up I will have a pony and it will let me ride on it and play games with it and it will wear armour When I grow up I will be...
A Sleeping Dragon
Picture a clearing. Picture a small moment of sunlight in the forest, light slanting down through the trees. Picutre a swamp, surrounded by bushes, where crickets chirp and flies buzz. It smells of swamp....
A Breath Of Fresh Air
Ungh … Ungh. Hurts. … Throat hurts. Tired. Feel strange. … I’m lying on my back. Head hurts. Chest feels odd. Teeth feel like they belong in someone else’s mouth. Consciousness comes in waves....
Alchemy
You could tell he was an alchemist by the lack of eyebrows and a slightly scarred look around the temples. You could tell he was an unusual alchemist by the fact that he didn’t...
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