Behind the Net Curtains
photo prompt by Jean L Hays... I have been out hunting for some luxuries. A apple came my way. I should return to the bothy, but I want to check the bins in the village. I found rich pickings yesterday,…
Deep Fractures
With the scream vibrating around the room Rosie knew what was coming. You did not need to be Einstein to recognise the sound of incoming shells. As Rosie dived under the dining room table, she wondered if her great grandmothers…
Camino de Santiago
Over thousands of years people had walked this route in penance for their transgressions. But since the start of the tenth epoch, this walk had linked not only with St James, but with the survival of humanity. The ninth epoch…
The High Life
Dacia employed only the best, so rather than go to prison for life. She had worked out a rather nice little scheme. If only Jim had died with his balloon. Instead he had returned home just in time to save…
Running Bear
It is bad news Bob, they will not back down. They want the hill back, and will fight for it if they have to. You see it was once theirs. The trees are the clue, you see they built raised…
Controlling Resources
The arid landscape would be transformed, well at least that’s what the Force co-operative said. They also said that it was all about recovering the earths supply of water. No one realised then, that the disappearance of over half of…
Pagan Times
With only her, her mother and the children at home, Vesper was a dangerous time. So Donella had shut the entrance. Yet the Viking attack on the Broch was furious. Their fire had damaged the stout timber entrance, now their…