One number was stuck in his head, one number that seemed so far off yet he needed to reach it at any cost, in any way and fast; he needed 100 more steps to get there, to his home, to her, to the woman that kissed away his tears, who held him when everything felt like it couldn’t be worse, now it was his time to do it by himself, to save her from the monsters that hid beneath her hospital bed, he w...

I knew it was a bad idea. I knew it was a death wish to even think about, yet here I am, in the sewers. Here I am looking for the creatures... they’re gonna kill me.

I walked down the miles of concrete pipe, my shoes full of water like sinking ships with each step. The stench of human waste deteriorating, the feeling of what little air there was being more suffocating than helpful, what a sorry ...

“I knew they’d be coming for me, but I didn’t think they’d send you” He breathed a humourless breathy laugh as he looked at the little blonde girl with her pigtails that curled in random directions and ‘superhero’ suit that was made up of leggings and a black T-shirt with her own haphazardly drawn symbol on the front in white paint. He knew the little girl well, she was his eldest niece now 7 year...

Will had been homeless for years, never being able to get a job or a home to call his own when the ice came in winter or when the floor burned in the summer under his scarcely covered feet. Being homeless in a small seaside town was difficult but where was it ever easy to be without a steady home and income? The small town did have its perks at times, being well known to many of the inhabitants he...

The splatter of rain on hard gravel accompanied the clip clop of his trusty horse’s feet pounding the ground with great speed. The sun was finally hidden behind the clouds that let their heaven sent rain lash against his bare face.

“Onward Nimbus! To the castle of the sky!” He hollered, a smile pushing his cheeks up so that his eyes were almost closed as the rain danced on his brow. A neigh was ...