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Christmas stories ![]()
The Christmas Shakedown
Three Christmas characters decide it's time for a change of scene ....
A Christmas Miracle
One man's personal apocalypse reaches a dramatic conclusion ....
Compliments of the Season
Two brothers discover the magic of a toy shop at Christmas ....
Crackers
Christmas dinner has some unexpected treats for one family ....
The Advent Calendar
An angel, Joseph, a naughty snowman, and the rest of the cast prepare for the festive season ....
The Christmas Window
A young girl enjoys the magic of the Christmas high street ....
The New Year's Resolution
A young woman struggles with her ambitious resolution ....
Short short stories ![]()
The Choice Shop
Sometimes you can just have too much choice ....
Yes Minister
A modern day tribute to a great sitcom ....
The Fox and Tramp
Man and beast quietly co-existing ....
The Perils of Pretty Footwear
A little girl finds that a game of hide and seek takes an unfortunate turn ....
Mad Flo
Mad may not be fair, eccentric certainly ....
The Wreckers
Inspired by images of Shipwreck Coast – somewhere else I've never been! ....
Commander of Worms
Some things never change ....
Short stories ![]()
Changes
A baffled young boy struggles to keep up with a season of change ....
Click
Teaching modern technology to the older generation proves challenging for one hard-up teacher ....
One of a Kind
A teacher's account of an unusual pupil ....
Universal Programming
Could TV really save mankind? ....
Noah's Ark
The story behind the Ark of Kingston Green ....
Off the Peg
The staff of a trendy fashion shop eagerly await the new season's collection ....
The Road
Selling a road to overtaxed motorists is a difficult task ....
The Shepherd and the Wolf
One man's long running battle with an old adversary takes a strange turn ....
Seasonal Adjustment
Sometimes the seasons just don't play fair ....
The World Famous Queue of Good Rissington
The story of the queue that grew and grew ....
Keeping Pace
The story of one man's determined struggle to keep up with modern technology ....
Gourmet
Back room deals in the butcher's shop leads to some gourmet produce ....
Apocalypse Delayed
Rumours of an impending apocalypse put a strain on the local vicar ....
Black Dog
Mythical or not, one woman has reason to be thankful for the Black Dog ....
Regneration
A cautionary tale for the sellers of hair restorer ....
Tell Us What You Know
Can he give his tormentors enough information to secure his freedom? ....
The Librarian
For the librarian the best time in his library is when no-one else is there ....
The Police Operation
A group of bewildered residents are evacuated from their apartments in the middle of the night ....
The Storming of the Biscuit Tin
A worrying newspaper article prompts consternation for one literal minded reader ....
The Drought
A walker happens across a dried up lake, and some mysterious goings on ....
Turnpike on the Bypass
An eventful traffic report from the eye in the sky ....
Question Time
A crooked politician attempts to explain himself ....
The Journey Home
A happy ending, for an abused and abandoned pet ....
Animals Lib
An escaping cow in the village is to blame for this one! ....
Night Walking
A creepy one for Halloween - not for the young or nervous of disposition! ....
Double Life
Reality hits an aspiring author hard ....
Lessons in Trading
Can one old man's insight offer the world a lesson in business? ....
The Awesome Power of The Choccy Bickie
A very tongue-in-cheek celebration of chocolate biscuits! ....
Victor Calling
An emotional twist on a love story about an elderly man and his unwavering devotion to his wife ....
Homesick
Written with a hefty dose of experience! ....
Home By The Sea
Yearning for a better life. ....
My River
A childhood idyll destroyed. ....
The Car Park
This one came to me, well, read it and you can probably tell! Ask most parents with children of secondary school age and they'll tell you they see way too much of the school car park ....
Long stories ![]()
Knutt the Conquerer
One man's fight against one of life's oldest foes ....
Outside Broadcast
A news crew runs into trouble when reporting on stormy conditions ....
Journeys in Dream State
A young girl takes a magical journey ....
The Defeat
A night of high drama in government ....
Sea Legs
A young girl takes an interest in an elderly lady's strange affliction ....
Forecast Fears
A snow warning leaves an elderly lady watching the weather with more interest than normal ....
Convergence
Four different people, from four different towns, converge at one destination at the same time ....
The Holiday
A camping holiday gets off to a shaky start ....
The Delivery
Waiting for a delivery turns a day off work into a frustrating experience ....
Judgemental
A high profile working mother's judgemental rant comes close to ruining one mum's day ....
Holding the Line
Policing a protest march does not turn out the way one young officer expects ....
Do No Harm
A grieving son's eulogy to his eccentric, misunderstood mother ....
Growing Pains
A well intentioned social worker fights to get a delinquent boy into a mentoring programme in an effort to save him from himself, and a bleak future of drugs, alcohol and crime. But what exactly can one very old, slightly windy, man and his lovingly tended allotment really offer the boy? ....
Sail Seeker
A young woman is haunted by the disappearance of her fisherman grandfather, unable to move on with her life until an important find finally frees her ....
The Million Pound Traffic Jam
A cabbie and his beautiful bright blue London Taxi are caught up in heavy traffic, with an impatient passenger, desperate to reach an important business meeting. A bit of local knowledge, and possibly a little inspiration from his deceased grandmother, leads the cabbie to saving the passenger's business fortunes, though perhaps not in the way either of them expected ....
The Olivia Chapman Phenomenon
A light-hearted tale of a rather clumsy young woman whose incident packed life leads to an accident, followed by another accident, followed by a third, and then a fourth, all in one morning ....
Evasion
A first person account of being on the run, desperately fleeing capture across an inhospitable terrain, against the weather, tortured by fear and heartbreak for the life she has to leave behind ....
The Merry Farmer
The light hearted tale of a hapless farmer whose love of beer is sadly not matched by his resilience to its effects. Despite the best efforts of his wife to keep him from the drink, his occasional visits to the bottle lead him into various scrapes, until the day his farm hands decide to play a trick on him ....
Lengthy reads ![]()
The Gathering at the Volcano Vault
This is a follow-up story to 'The Gathering' from the third book of the QT Anthologies. Following their successful campaign against the evil arch-villain, Ronin Asquith, The Gathering are called back to his hideout to locate his secret blueprints. But the island has one more big surprise for them. ....