This is the prequel to Roddie’s fabulous story, available in our latest anthology ‘Are You Sitting Comfortably?’ launching at Bookmark Festival 10/10/2026. ‘Sinderins’ was originally published in the… Read More »Sinderin by Roddie McKenzie
Not long ago I was speaking to a friend, discussing a trip I was contemplating later in the year. I was questioned closely about where… Read More »Planning by Clive A. Simpson
Bert was a drunk. He hadn’t always been a drunk, no, not at all, but now he had fallen into that category of retired people… Read More »Bandstand by George Burton
Storm Amy had blown in with malevolent gusto, and took her leave with a valedictory blast, as if blowing mocking raspberries behind her. * ‘Have… Read More »It’s An Ill Wind by David Carson
It was the flat crump of the cannon that woke Cadmium Redman. He squinted under the steady bloodshot gaze of sun on this winter dawn.… Read More »The Last of the Clan by Roddie McKenzie
If Lewis Baker had known, he wouldn’t have taken the job. Which is nonsense. You take a job when you can get it. Not that Lewis doesn’t enjoy driving. But… Read More »NUMBER 15 by Zusana Storrier
“See that dog, if it’s off the lead, I’ll shoot, I’ll fucking shoot.” A day of contrasts, I think. Blue sky overhead, a mountain peak… Read More »Clamshell by David Carson
