There was a banging somewhere in the distance, rattling my brain. I crawled out of bed and I knew straight away things were not right. Everything felt strange, familiar but unfamiliar at the same time, like I’d dreamt about the items in my flat but now I couldn’t quit touch the dream, leaving everything blurry.

I stumbled around an unfamiliar room, looking for something to cover my bare skin. I ...

Hoyle Lipton had had enough of being stuck inside. His advisers had advised he shouldn’t go outside but to Hoyle it didn’t matter now. What really did matter in the end?

He left his big sitting room behind him and made his way over to the void. As he went he put a finger to his neck, pressing the button underneath his skin. The button would trigger the installed mechanics within his human body an...

I flew off of the slip lane like a bullet, opened up the noise and flew around two slow moving cars before hitting the fast lane and putting my foot to the floor. We undertook and dodged, but we carried on at speed, my training kicking in and taking over.

“Target ahead Chuck” my passenger Owen, said to me calmly, the talkie to his face, listening to orders and giving our location back in a const...

Another day another dollar as the saying goes. Linus rises wearily from his desk and makes his way to the exit. Leaving the small cubicles behind him he makes his way to the fire exit to walk the five floors down to the freedom of fresh air and no more work for another weekend. Usually he would have taken the lift down with the other workers but today he wasn’t feeling that great. He’d had bursts ...

I’ve had enough. I’ve lost my job. The missus has taken my kid and shacked up with a fucking doctor. I’ve lost my flat and am now absolutely skint. I’ve got nothing.

I’ve been living up in Manchester but there’s nothing for me here now.

So now here I am at piccadilly station about to catch the train down to London. When things started to go to shit I gave my uncle a shout. He was more than wil...

One thousand years. It’s a long time. Too fucking long.

I shouldn’t be here now, I should be long at rest in the ground, but no I’m still here, fighting other people’s petty, dirty wars. Finally when the remaining soldiers and I finally think it’s over a bastard eagle blocks out the sky bearing more death and destruction.

It all started when two small kingdoms thrones were usurped by two schem...

When we are created we are born with our destiny’s laid out before us, predetermined. We know how smart we are going to be. What path our education will take. Who we will end up with. Where we will live and within what bracket. What jobs we will work and when we retire. Finally we know when and how we are going to die.

It all happened in the year 2035. People stopped naturally having babies. For ...

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Our world is in dire need of hope, we have failed the surface of our world, the sky’s and space beyond offered no hope so we turned to the earth and dug deep into a world unlike any other.

I am known as the path builder, I lead small mining crews deep in to unexplored territory mapping out routes for the bigger teams to come and carve out resources. I and my team are now six months into our...

Knock knock

“Who’s there?”

“Ivana”

“Ivana who?”

“Ivana suck your blood”

“Haha. Hello Drac”

“Alright tink, you gonna let me in this time?”

“We do this every year Dracula. Why would this time be any different?”

“Because I’ve brought a friend with me, someone neutral”

“Ok, maybe, we do need to talk”

Reluctantly Tinkerbell cautiously opens the door a slight crack. Peering out she see Dracula...

Place your hand against the tree and ask for one thing, if you are of a pure heart you will be granted your desire.

The wishing tree had stood the test of time, historically and in myth. Today though the dream ends as a young lady named Roe of the Dean sets her sights upon its large, ancient trunk. The villagers have heard of her coming and her mission. They now create a barrier of fearful people ...