"A skiing holiday with your best friends sounds great, unless you end up the third wheel"
Snow crunched under the tyres of the four by four as Tim pulled up onto the driveway outside the chalet. “Here we go,” he said. He leaned over to Fiona in the passenger seat and kissed her on the cheek...
"School team coach Rob can't resist taking cheerleader Ellie's cherry"
At the middle of the back row of the triangle of cheerleaders, Ellie turned a perfect cartwheel and dropped into an elegant, controlled split. Rob sighed. She was one of the better ones on the cheerleading team but she didn’t...
"Joe and Steph meet up in real life for the first time"
A hand on Joe’s shoulder made him jump. He looked up from his dessert bowl at his mother. “Joe, sweetie, are you sure there’s nothing wrong? You’ve had that vacant look on your face all day.” He found a smile...
"A fantasy for all you gamers out there. Yes Gav, I'm looking at you :P"
Joe put his feet up on his coffee table as he flicked through the after game stats on his Xbox. “Yeah, good game. You guys going to be online tomorrow night?” “For sure, laters,” Sam said. A couple of seconds...
"If you could travel anywhere in an instant, who would you visit?"
I pulled open a door in the ether and stepped out onto Lakeside road. Well, stepped out and down and landed in a crumpled heap on the asphalt; always a risk over such a long distance. To be honest, opening...
"When his attempt at robbery goes wrong, Simon finds help from the most unlikely source; his hostage."
Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck! I didn’t… I wasn’t… How did I get myself into these situations? I peeked through the blinds at the scene outside the office. At least three police cars were now parked outside with their...
"Eight verses for eight friends, I'm sure you can figure out who you are"
It started with flowers, and a candlelit beach. Took a while, but I dug through your layers of hiding lies. You thought I would be out of your reach, if I knew who you really were.You trust me now.Welcome to...
"With a little help, a man gives his desk a decent send off on his last day at work"
One sad little box and a card containing some of the most insincere messages ever written; that was all I would take with me when I left. And, even then, only as far as the nearest bin. After eight years...
"Only bet what you're prepared to lose"
“Go on, man,” said Eric, giving Vance a light shove towards the bar and the girl standing there. “Go on, what?” “Make a move.” Vance drained the last of his beer and took a deep breath. He’d been watching her...
"Because I can be very foolish sometimes"
It’s so easy to trustSo much easierThan to think the worst Am I blind?Stand I in this den of iniquity And see only saints? My lonely soul sees no evilThis den is full of lonely soulsConnecting, dividing, scarring Believe in...