Tag: Short Story
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Kaleidoscope
Thick curtains hung over the large lounge window, dusty and moth-eaten. Wind howled through breaks in the glass, causing the velvety red curtains to move slightly, sending shards of bright light around the room. Yellow walls, green furniture and a black and white marbled floor reflected some of the light once again, as did the…
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The Clock
Dusty, it loomed in the corner. Ticking with a whispered thump it was the only object within the room to create a sound. The cracked face, off-white with age, showed the time as one minute to twelve whatever the time. The pendulum weights locked into place, apparently, by hundreds of long-abandoned cobwebs, they too thick…
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The Superhero Diaries 5.22: Witches & Demons
It is said that the travellers come, Armed with fragons, lies and some With intent looks upon their faces They search for hidden hiding places View’d from a distant observation point These visitors, a leader do they appoint To venture far and wider still To ensure their fragons have free will They wander aimlessly, searching…
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The Superhero Diaries 5.21: Aliens & Monsters
The skies were full yesterday, Wednesday. Wyverns soared and swooped and screeched as they found themselves free. The ‘mythical’ creatures had been released from their own domain by an other-worldly race known as the ‘Flatnotes’, according to Psychic Sue of the Elite Force of Britain. “The Flatnotes have been trying to gain access to our…
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The Superhero Diaries 5.20: Wet Weekend
Matthew Mist, master of mystical misty mysticism, invites YOU to attend the magnificent Wet Weekend. Held this year in the heavenly Thunderstruck Manor Gardens, you will find yourself both awed and dumbstruck by feats of magic so uncanny you will surely feel you are dreaming. With Nature’s elements being kept at bay by our modern…
The Mansionic Perspective 