Business was slow and it was getting late… and still no message from Daisy.
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She knew she’d find him sulking in his ‘man cave’ and hoped she could remember which one was his before the coffees went cold.
Continue reading →During the meeting his manager challenged them to do some ‘blue-sky thinking’, and he did, and they never saw him again…
Continue reading →Kevin didn’t know much about weather systems, but instinct told him this might be a good day to stay inside.
Continue reading →He paced the floor, nervously waiting for her to come home, hoping the flowers – her favourites – might help ease the sting of what he needed to tell her…
Continue reading →Just one quick look at the sky was all it took to send Gary Shepherd scurrying back inside, locking the door behind him: there was no way he was going to ignore the advisory a second time.
Continue reading →He stood in the middle of the room, wishing he had the skills required to replicate what he called Essence of Nanna – a comforting amalgam of violets, wood polish and dusty perfume – but he knew that was impossible, so he took a deep breath and committed the fragrance to memory before closing the blinds, switching off the light and locking the door behind him.
Continue reading →Halfway through lunch they put their spoons down and looked one another in the eye, with only the gentle lapping of water against the hull to break the silence, until he raised an eyebrow and she gave a tiny nod: it was time to move on.
Continue reading →They all warned her to stay away from the old gate at the bottom of the garden, but curiosity got the better of her and, brimming with fear and excitement, she gingerly pushed against the damp ancient wood, unaware her life was about to change forever.
Continue reading →They rowed in silence, confident they’d not been tracked or spotted but, barely a stone’s throw from shore, the stillness was shattered when a giant squid exploded from the water and leapt across the bow, wrapping its arms around the dinghy and dragging them all down, down… down to the depths from which no one can ever return.
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