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You Can't Make an Omlette with Faberge Eggs 🇸🇪🍕
October 31, 2024
I asked Anders if he wanted me to order our pizzas.“Best not,” he told me. “They won’t serve this to a stranger. Grab a seat, I’ll come to join you.”This...
When Dad got the Bomb
October 24, 2024
It was a Wednesday in late September when my dad came home and told us we'd got the bomb.“Can we see it?” I asked.“You’ll see it when it’s installed,” he...
Copthwaite's Amusement Park
October 17, 2024
The important thing about Copthwaite's amusement park is that it does not exist.During the 1980s, the CIA ran a series of experiments on synthetic memory....
Regular Order
October 10, 2024
The commuter's ghost was trapped in the coffee shop like a bluebottle in a box. Other customers came and went, but his order was never fulfilled. "What am I...
The Bleak Stag
October 3, 2024
Every weekend, pre-wedding parties come to Blackpool, men and women drinking themselves to senselessness, most in fancy dress. Among them stalks the Bleak...
Johnny Lemon
September 26, 2024
In its heyday, Blackpool catered for its visitor’s lusts and there was money to be made: from kiss-me-quick to strip pubs that opened at 7am, charging a...
A Shrine to Light Entertainment
September 19, 2024
Blackpool has the world’s only shrine to light entertainment. It sits towards the end of Central pier, behind a locked and chained doorway. It is only opened...
Kenny's New Job
September 12, 2024
The job was boring but easy to get - all Kenny had to do was send a copy of his driving license to a PO Box. Afterwards, a man with a dry, husky voice phoned...
How to Write Cosmic Horror
September 5, 2024
With all the uncertainties in the world, cosmic horror is on the rise. Booktok is buzzing about it, sales are rising, and prizes are being won, meaning now...
King Dirt
August 29, 2024
On Instagram, it’s masks and flower crowns, as people gather to celebrate King Dirt. City parks are like festivals, but with no need for fences, security...
Ghosts, driving ⚠️
August 22, 2024
Content warning: car accidentsSarah’s job, waitressing at the Harvester, was dull. She’d grown to hate the smell of the food they cooked as much as she hated...
Finding Shelter
August 15, 2024
Welcome new readers! I send out a new story to this list every Thursday, and I’ve been going for over a year. If you want to read some of the earlier pieces,...
"A fun craft activity for kids!"
August 8, 2024
Back in the eighties, Marks and Spencers sold books and one of these was Snail Painting for Children. It suggested growing snails in a back garden and, once...
The Hand-drawn Map Shop
August 1, 2024
Somewhere in my house is a business card from 'The Hand-Drawn Map Shop’, which opened in Brighton for a few years in the 90s. The card has the shop’s name...
Possessions / One year of Microfictions
July 25, 2024
Looking around the room, it was as if she’d turned her ex-boyfriends into things. The vase was from a brash man who played rugby and stuttered in bed. She...
⚠️ The 4th Film
July 18, 2024
It’s not just that Carol Carolle’s murder robbed the world of a promising career – her death has eclipsed the three films that she made. Carolle was...
LIBRARYS
July 11, 2024
Reading is a cargo cult.I told her my name was Eddie, which she said was great: “I like people who are named after things.” Within half an hour, we left for...
Vinterpizza 🇸🇪🍕
July 4, 2024
Vinterpizza in Arvidsjaur only delivers after dark. This is not a problem in winter, but in summer the days can last almost twenty-four hours, so it's only...
⚠️ Flåddpizza
June 27, 2024
Content warning: disturbing imagery.There are hooks in the sauna ceiling. You think nothing of them, concentrating on the heat, on the drops of sweat falling...
⚠️ The Sacrifice of Pizzapizza
June 20, 2024
This is a horror story, part of my Swedish Pizza collection. Content warning: violence.A slice of pizza, seven feet tall, stands in front of me. The tip of...
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