short stories
Rappaccini’s Daughter
Giovanni moves to a new city, and finds that his apartment overlooks an enclosed garden where beautiful flowers grow. And a beautiful woman [...]
The Birthmark
This is the story of a scientist who falls in love and marries. But his wife, although beautiful, has a flaw. A birthmark in the shape of a [...]
Significant Dust
Vanessa works in a roadhouse in an isolated part of Australia. When we first meet her we don’t know why exactly she’s out there, [...]
Bajazzle
Okay, do you remember when I “reviewed” The Isles of the sun and I said that I’d love to hear other people’s thought [...]
The isles of the sun
one of the stories in Cracklescape One evening when all the other children have gone home for their dinners Elric sees something. Someones. [...]
Countdown
A Newsflesh novella. In 2014 Dr Wells was on his way to curing cancer. Tests are progressing well. At the same time Dr. Kellis is working on [...]
The Duchess Dresser
one of the stories in Cracklescape Tanner found an abandoned dresser on the street, thought it would be an addition to his room, and so took [...]
The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary
I recently posted a link to some of the nebula nominees that are available to read online. And today I decided to read one, so at random i c [...]
Edie Investigates
In a small English village something is afoot. A local gent has lost his head, quite literally. Someone has murdered Donny Crispin by choppi [...]
