When Chelsea got into the waiting car and Jody handed her a wet wipe to clean her hands, she didn’t understand what had happened. They refused to answer any of her questions except for ‘Where are we going?’, the simple response was, ‘head office’. She tried to make sense of their silence and the worriedContinue reading “Short Story – Insanity! Part 5”
Tag Archives: books
Censorship
Censorship has existed in humanity, since it was learnt, that it is far easier to control humans when they are less informed and, to not mince words, more ignorant. Stop the peasants learning to read or they may rise up against the rulers, don’t allow education, don’t teach subjects, don’t let them dream, don’t letContinue reading “Censorship”
Short Story – Insanity? Part 4
The police car stopped outside and the officer got out with his torch, running it along the fence and seeing nothing, got back into his car. Chelsea tried to alert him, but it was too dark and he didn’t look up to the attic window. She dialled the police again and the surly officer answered,Continue reading “Short Story – Insanity? Part 4”
Short Story – Insanity? Part 3
Chelsea got changed into a shoulder-less blue dress and switched her running shoes to black heels. She unclasp her hair and allowed it to fall freely around her face before fastening two little berets on the right side. As she went back to her desk, she realised that people had begun to come in. AContinue reading “Short Story – Insanity? Part 3”
Short Story – Insanity? Part 2
Chelsea did a final check of her emails, before shutting down her work laptop. She was working from home that day, but was required to go into the office the following day as the Executive Vice President of Abbots and Bollsum’s was coming in. She was interested in meeting more of the staff in person,Continue reading “Short Story – Insanity? Part 2”
Short Story – Insanity? Part 1
She walked into the office building, which seemed to have seen better days. It wasn’t horrible, just scruffy looking in it’s almost lazy attempt to fit in with the times. The elevators dinged noisily announcing its arrival and she stepped into it, feeling a slight apprehension as it looked to be from the early 19thContinue reading “Short Story – Insanity? Part 1”
Story Time (5)
She saw the mix of thoughts reflected on Hippolyte’s face as she considered the new information. The brief moments of fear, then question and finally support seemed to show themselves and Styliani watched closely as Hippolyte quickly smiled and turned to the aggressor, “You, and your tribe have crossed a pact made by us, Gargarean,”Continue reading “Story Time (5)”
Story Time (4)
Styliani remembered the woman clearly and she drew her eyebrows down as she remembered her promise to not allow the Gargareans to know of Adelpha. “The woman you speak of died, as did her daughter,” Styliani said flatly and holding Adelpha, a little too tightly, made her way to leave as Adelpha squeaked in protest.Continue reading “Story Time (4)”
Story Time (3)
Previous – Story Time (2) Styliani’s mind raced. Her first instinct was to protect Adelpha from the Gargarean’s likely attack. She crouched low, in case she needed to drop Adelpha’s sling in a hurry. She frowned at the young man. As her eyes adjusted she saw he was a teenager. Little more than fifteen years old.Continue reading “Story Time (3)”
Story Time (2)
Previous – Story Time (1) Styliani woke and felt the dread that the nightmare had caused, like a lead weight in her gut. She stood and seeing Calla feeding Adelpha with a bottle of goats milk, while making silly faces quietly. She approached and Adelpha’s little face broke into a huge grin upon seeing her.Continue reading “Story Time (2)”
Maxine the Magnificent 