It’s February 1st. Valentine vibes throb through the air. Mr. J. announces we’re reading Romeo and Juliet and I shoot straight up in my seat. Grip the sides of my desk tight. My scalp tingles and sparklers fizz inside my…
Walls of Jericho
1901, the year Queen Victoria died, would also prove to be the death year for the less famous but well-to-do Jericho Adams, Esq. of 8 Ash Grove, (named for its complete lack of Ash trees) in Birmingham. The day began…
Blooming Hell
Envy consumed him. He lay motionless in bed, longing for sleep that refused to arrive. He had turned the spare bedroom into mission control, creating exquisite storyboards of garden designs, works of art in themselves. At work, he had received…
CHOCCO’s Away
They were an odd group, the delegates who attended the conference. Old and awkward, with a puzzling assortment of aides. They had travelled considerable distances to the isolated hotel, high up in the mountains. One gentleman insisted on stabling his…
A Bigger Tree Each Year
6th December My Dear Caitlin, Here’s hoping you are enjoying the big city. Granny says how was the chicken she sent? It’s the usual frost and storms here. The ballroom flooded, what a mess. But we are cosy in the…
Cooked
“…and the final item is this hand-crafted, fused-silica glass measuring jug,” says the auctioneer, holding it up for show. “Formerly owned by the recently deceased Snow White and auctioned on behalf of the executives of her estate, the Seven Dwarfs….
