Medusa’s Revenge

Poseidon frowned as he tapped the bottom of his golden trident on the ground. Nothing happened. The oceans, that swirled around the islet he was on, continued to gently smack against the shoreline. Poseidon...

Death by a thousand Monkeys

“There has to be a word that can describe this, a sight both alluring and off-putting in equal measure”. He thought as his ship descended from the clouds towards the mega-city at the heart...

The Ethereal Pursuer

“You are evil,” said the fortune teller after he finished reading my hands. “What? How can you tell?” *** Amanda was running down the deserted streets in the middle of the night. It was...

The Last Tsar

The throne room doors opened and Alexander III’s face lit up. The aura in the whole room had changed, as everything smelled sweet and flowery, and Alexander III could swear his vision had become...

The Lady Knight

Felicity Flores fell on her bean bag chair, she always sort of gave up halfway through sitting down, letting the beans absorb the impact. The wind got knocked out of her, like the sigh...

Sound of Sin

It is 1683 and Vienna is under siege – from the Ottomans on the outside and refugee priests on the inside.

Melkita’ Ulamun

My mother was an amazing and brilliant musician. Music was her only ally in the long pitifully sad and abandoned evenings. She used to sing and play music to ease her weary mind and...

Jazz in the time of Blitzkrieg

Although the shrieking scream of the V2 rocket was receding, Billy was left trembling, in the drafty hollow apartment. He felt, more than heard, the low thud of the missile hitting the ground, if...