Saturday Night Salvation

I press the button and two double espressos come spitting and splurting into the cups. The alluring aroma of coffee fills the kitchen. Placing the…


The Dark Elect

I was swaying as I walked down the stairs onto the platform. It was the last train, and revelling Friday night commuters filled the station. I leaned…


The X-Rated Relic

Pablo Guerro was angry; he was always angry. He had a tumour in his brain that made him angry; surly at best. He was stamping up the shaggy carpeted…


The Golden Serpent

I was sunning myself at the edge of a pool, reclining on a rock that jutted out over the water; all around me, forest and the sound of birds. My…


Three Feet Deeper

The sun shined over the town of Mallow, cursing it with summer. It shined on the town’s old graveyard, turning the grass as brown as the stone of the…