Tag: Short Story
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The Unicorn Challenge: The Point
The train journey itself was unremarkable. The only odd character, who stood out, on the whole voyage, was the red-headed lady with large round sunglasses and large fake-fur coat. She sat and read the newspaper all the way, facing my direction. I tapped away on my laptop, keeping one eye on her, although she got…
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Lady Time
The Lady lounged in her luxurious bubble bath in her suite on the top floor of the Elixir Spa Resort Hotel and Leisure Complex, with soft gentle music playing in the background, and the heart-shaped bathtub vibrating gently, massaging her already relaxed shoulders. She put her head back onto the soft, pillow-like edge of the…
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Entrée
‘I’m at the address,’ Moonbeam pressed the earpiece into his left ear, really to make sure it was still there and he wasn’t talking to himself, ‘and I’m about to go in… although why I’m doing this, I have no idea.’ ‘Are you still moaning,’ Bubblegum’s tinny voice came back to him almost immediately, ‘you…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Natural Makeover
Glynis Fairchops left her sisters’ hairdressers hastily; she’d spotted Myrtle and Ognar Rance walking into Avian Way, and needed to catch up with her friend. Miriam and Barbara Barber, AKA the Spinster Sisters, were more than used to Glynis’ unpaid exits. On Avian Way, Glynis found the Rances chatting with Edvard von Grünne outside the…
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No, Not Yet
Alison slipped through the crack in the revolving door unnoticed and found herself on the otherside. The room, filled with gravestones and wild flowers made her shudder. The indoor rain didn’t help either. A whirring clanking noise behind her made her turn, just as the room’s robotic guardian knelt to stare her in the eye.…
The Mansionic Perspective 