Uncle Florio’s face was all lumps, his purple left eye half shut. His swollen lips barely moved as he spoke. “I’m gonna kill him,” he...

One Sunday morning, Sarah had made herself some absolutely perfect scrambled tofu – with fried potatoes, beans and mushrooms – and was...

It leaned in and out, it twisted and turned. It was raw, unyielding, it was cavernous—but it was always hard to catch it in the act....

‘Life and soul, Old Dai,’ they said down in the village. ‘Life and soul.’ Old Dai always said funny things. Funny things like, ‘You know...

I want to get hit by a truck and wake up in a game-like fantasy world. Once I’m there, a beautiful pyrokinetic elf will give me a magic...

It takes an inordinate amount of effort to grow cells. Tiny building blocks of life that squirm and writhe, thirsty for nutrients and...

I suppose, it is easy to forget shadows. How they move and feel. Their utter nothingness at the edge of vision. Tendrils ...

Green glowing eyes peered through the letterbox at me. I crouched so she could see that it was me. We stared at each other for sometime...

Kevin craved the binoculars, a 40th birthday gift for Father from Mother. For two weeks he fantasized about spying on the farmer who wore...

The sheets are always soft, even with lint sliding across them. Squeezed between the large pillows are a few smaller needle-pointed ones....