She gently swirls the glass, watching candlelight refract through crimson. She takes a sip. Her hair is jet black, her skin is alabaster whi...

Professor Hamilton pressed his back to the sandy wall. Scarab beetles scuttled up his bare legs. He grabbed them. Shovelled them into his mo...

You can see all the world’s churches from here, every grand cathedral. All those phallic spires, thrusting impotently at heaven. Don’t they ...

I have infiltrated the Darkling megaship. They are powerfully single-minded creatures; once an idea strikes, they follow it to its fullest. ...

“You... Bob.” “Brian, sir.” “Right, you’re on lever duty.” “I thought I was on shark duty.” “The sharks can look after themselves. Apparentl...

“YEW, triple word score. Surprised you left it open.” “Well, I don’t feel good. What did I just drink?” “Herbal tea. It’s good for you.” “It...

A tiger stalked the empty corridors of Genesis station. His name was Flame and he had been a tiger for almost a century. The underside of th...

Carl knew cults, cults were the job. Tied to this honeycombed altar, however, he was wondering if the Agency had maybe neglected to adequate...

Putting the pieces together. Trying to capture the crime. Recapture . Spilt vodka, broken bottles, Smirnoff, shot, shot, have another sho...

The Story Today's 101, Cosmic , a murder mystery that spans the whole of space and time, in only 101 words, is guesting over at my oth...

Dark, tenebrous things burst forth from the cracked ground. She drew her twin pistols, Regret and Recompense, and began firing. She had unle...

Clouds drift over the moon. Ellen feels the cold metal of a gun barrel pressed to the back of her head. Her heart stops and the chill spread...

I am here, against intergalactic law, because important, anonymous people grew tired of waiting. So the galaxies turn. The Darkling’s tower ...

He admired his engineered body. He was success, perfection; he was to be the template for the new breed. Humanity had lost its way, stepped ...

“Ah ha! Found it!” Doc Carmine brandished the template with blue-stained fingers. He returned to his workbench and pressed his head to the g...

My mind is in pieces. They tell me that with every jump I left a part of myself behind. They tell me it’s gone forever, but I’ve had time to...

Rose remembered how grandmother’s magic shimmered and shivered around them. It smelt acrid and sweet, like burning cupcakes; felt like hot s...