April 20, 2020
Strings, Strings
"I don't want to be here. Listen, just let me go. I won't tell a soul. I don't even have anyone to tell, I don't have any friends. Just little…
April 14, 2020
Day of the Doorbells
The business took centre stage and waited for the rapturous applause to die down. Bailey Norton smiled his signature smile as the crowd quieted and…
April 6, 2020
Chris Chibnall Doesn’t Understand Doctor Who
I really enjoy watching Doctor Who. And more than that, I enjoy dissecting Doctor Who. During the Russell T. Davies era, I enjoyed watching Peter Kay…
March 31, 2020
Hair Raiser
The trains shuttled through New London. The contents of the train were more or less quiet, as was usual for the mid-morning rush. One young woman…
March 24, 2020
Temporal Insanity
Alexis Sharp was born in 1945 in a farm in Norwich. He disappeared at 23, went missing completely. Popped straight out of the air, according to his…
March 10, 2020
Walking Ash
The Ferris wheel was new, but people still muttered about it. People mutter about most things that are new, especially in a small town like…
February 24, 2020
The Red Block
The man lived in the gap, it was said, in Winchester Way. But you had to walk down the road at exactly 11:03 pm on the second Monday of the month and…
February 17, 2020
The Grey Block
Cyrus Goodman sat in the bar, twisting his wedding ring around his finger. He hadn’t felt this nervous since he’d been 16 and hauling a tarp across…
February 10, 2020
The Black Block
Lucinda Haynes was a widow of 24 when she found a new man. Her previous spouse, Malcolm, had died from a sickness of the stomach when she was 22. Two…
February 3, 2020
The White Block
Ken York rubbed his spectacles as he tried to travail the sand dunes with one hand and keep the sand from the blustering sandstorm from clouding his…