Short Stories

A vagabond tells us he is content with life - or is he?

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A young man rises to fame in a balloon.

Lucinda and Molly, from very different social backgrounds, hit it off.

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A man who has not been caving for a long time goes underground and gets more excitement than he expected, in more ways than one.

Flash fiction - a woman's husband spends all his time in his beach hut.

A woman lays the ghost that has blighted her life.

When a man inherits a camera from his uncle the pictures it takes are disturbing.

Looking after pets while their owner is away is never straightforward.

At some future time climbing has been declared illegal and a surprising transgressor appears in court.

A small group of people do not understand why they find themselves applying for the same job in strange circumstances.

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A young woman is taken through a cave by a young man and falls in love.

A woman conducts a disastrous experiment with changing sexuality.

Two young men fall in love but cannot stay together.

When you find yourself in a desolate place it is a shock to discover where you are.

A story of infidelity turns out not to be quite what it seemed.

A bereaved man finds contentment.

A caver chooses the ultimate escape from depression.

A woman returns to her childhood home.

A climber contemplates his life of embezzlement as he climbs with his son.

A priest presiding over a funeral makes a discovery that he would least have wanted.

The adventures of a remarkable Victorian lady.

A man comes to terms with a problem that has troubled him for over twenty years.

A young, Jewish, gay man comes to terms with his situation.

An archaeologist in the future expounds his remarkable theory about life in the late twentieth century.

An ex village policeman gives a speech and finds his troubling secret is no secret.

A dark secret comes out at a family party.

A middle-aged man hoping for adventure finds his way to an exciting future.

A business woman gets lost on her way to an important meeting in Yokohama.

A young couple enter a cave and find they are out of time.

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A man experiencing winter in the countryside for the first time feels himself accepted into the community.

Do butterflies really make butter?

A child writes an essay on green living.

A scientist breeds a race of intelligent woodlice with calamitous consequences.

When a young man climbs to a bedroom window things do not go according to plan.

When his father dies, a man races to protect a family secret.

When a man discovers his fish can sing it leads to romance.

A near-blind man climbs a mountain he last visited when he was sighted.

An elderly man reflects on the gulf between himself and his young partner.

An elderly man pays a last visit to Whitley Bay.

A woman overcomes the problem of being able to walk on water.

A young couple find a connection between Wales and the USA that keeps them together.

A caver makes a solo visit to a cave in near flood.

Superstition brings some surprises in a theatre dressing room.

A black comedy about survival, trapped deep in a cave.

Why can a woman in a surgery waiting room get no answer from the man sitting beside her?

It is time for a town to accept itself for what it is.

A child-like story for adults to balance the ones that white missionaries used to tell.

A man finds himself drawn to visit a destination displayed by the satellite navigator in his car.

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