Thousand word stories
The Afterlife
Why are Princess Di, Michael Jackson and John Lennon all drinking in Humphrey Bogart’s bar?
Coma
OK, so my memory isn’t what it was. Especially after the accident. But I don’t remember ever having a wife.
Verity
You can get just about anything on demand these days. But sometimes those things can themselves be demanding.
Numbers
Mathematicians love numbers. But what happens when that love turns into an obsession?
Time travel
Imagine what it would be like if a visitor came from the future. Think of the exciting things he could tell us!
When would you like to go today?
Suppose you could go anywhere in history. Where would you choose? And what would you do there?
Flight
It must be extraordinary to be able to fly like a bird, soaring through the sky on your wings. But there could be a downside.
The scene of the crime
There’s something unnerving about a motionless body…
Fieldcraft
See that man by the bookstall? No, don’t turn around…
The high street
‘So would sir like the brown suede or the tan brogue?’
How to bury a body
The hardest thing is disposing of the remains.
The speech
It would be the biggest speech of his career. Nothing must be left to chance.
London
I stood on the pavement opposite Harrods, waiting for a break in the sheep…
A window in time
If you could send something back in time, what would you choose?
The party
Nikolai would be faithful to The Party to the end, as if his life depended on it.
The Pilcrow Club
A club for those unfortunates whose trades are no longer relevant.
stARes
Immaculate palm trees lined the coast road, some bearing coconuts, some heaving under their burden of bananas and mangoes.
Human resources
The problem, thought Ms Trippelhorn, was one of recruitment. You just couldn’t get the staff.
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In the beginning
After all, this is where the whole thing starts. With a jigsaw puzzle.
The garden
All is peaceful in the garden. Until the arrival of a stranger, bent on shaking things up.
The survey
How many righteous people are needed to avert a disaster?
Survival
We’re going to build a spaceship. And we need two of everything. Well, almost everything.