Topic
Stories
Short stories about various themes. Usually fantasy or historical and sometimes inspired by the characters of Warhammer.
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The Last Line of Defence
Four elderly members of the Kent and East Sussex Morris Dancing Society take to the road to defend Britain from a terrifying threat. Channelling powerful…
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The Last Line of Defence – Chapter 6
With a whoomph, Margaret triggered the schmoolies. Rockets fired hundreds of feet into the air and burst into a wide, white bubble of light that…
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The Last Line of Defence – Chapter 5
The journey back down the A1 was as uneventful as it had been on the way up. Pete called ahead to arrange a late check…
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The Last Line of Defence – Chapter 4
As the lads left, the van rocked back on its shock absorbers and the side door mechs power closed, Margaret pulled forcefully at her vape.…
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The Last Line of Defence – Chapter 3
“Well that was humbling.” Back in Kent HQ, Margaret gazed into the middle distance as she absent-mindedly stirred her Earl Grey. The overhead fluorescent tube…
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The Last Line of Defence – Chapter 2
It took a full three days before Marge regained consciousness. She was tucked tightly into bed in an annex at the back of Glenda’s sprawling…
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The Last Line of Defence – Chapter 1
Half way along a wooded lane, in a nondescript village in the British countryside, in a green tin, scout-hut under an ancient oak, a door…
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The half king
Tide were coming in. He saw across the smudged treetops and though grey scudding clouds that the tide had turned. Time to quit daydreaming and…
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Summer Tide
The boy awoke. Unsure of whether he was alive or dead, he prised open his salt caked eyes. The boat had grounded on a rocky…