Fantasy,
Fiction and Horror
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Reality can be more astounding than
fantasy, and often unfurls a mysterious tendril to draw in the unsuspecting
person. Encounters with troglodytes in a crypt, fluorescent honey and the
house that goes to the ultimate extreme to get rid of its inhabitants, can
happen.
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Some
of the names and places in these stories are invented and, probably,
cannot be found in the dictionary.
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The House that Creaked
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In need of renovation.
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2,240 words
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Funny Honey
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Lighting up the world.
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2,280 words
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Cannibal Crypt
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The last of the troglodytes.
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3,100 words
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Smugglers' Gold
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Hidden treasure hoard and ancient murder.
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1,280 words
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Sister in Pink Rhinestones
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Getting to know the bossy older sister.
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2,540 words
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Tantrum Tower
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The cure for petulance.
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1,400 words
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Empathy
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Touching the minds of others.
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1,740 words
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The Forgetting Flower
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Some things are better not forgotten.
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1,480 words
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Floating in the Clouds
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Travelling to eternity.
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610 words
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Silverstream
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Too late to save the planet, Mr Brendan.
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1,470 words
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Don't look now because the clown from Hell is right
behind you, the smog is melting people away into another dimension,
and monsters roam the golf course. Your friendly, helpful smartphone
could be the portal to Purgatory and that mysterious toyshop holds a
secret to turn the toughest teenage mind. Not suitable for younger children.
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Tricardy, Dicardy and Boo |
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The trouble with triplets |
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Clouds |
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The clown from Hell - and another from Heaven |
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The Terrible Toyshop |
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Wicked cure for delinquents |
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The Smog |
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Melt away into an alternative dimension |
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Madam Phantasmagoria
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Monsters on the golf course
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I'm on the Bus
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Smartphones that swallow users
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Eyes in the Sky
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An island under alien observation
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Game Over
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Plug into an electronic dimension
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Butterflies
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The chrysalis of hope
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Short Stories for older, and not quite so old, children Tales about sticky confectionary, talking fish, restless gargoyles, mysterious magical eggs in the depths of space, a reasonable giant rat, worlds made with words and worlds drowned in rivers of chocolate… For teenagers and children. (Some suitable for adults as well.) |
Hot Chocolate |
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Never trust a four-year-old's grasp of arithmetic |
1,860 words
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The Ghosts of the Greasy Spoon |
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Haunted junk food |
1,000 words
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Twillington's Tip |
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Where rubbish goes |
1,420 words
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Abbess Honoria |
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Honour the past, or pay the price |
1,660 words
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Custard Doughnuts |
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Confectionary and stone carving |
750 words
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Queenie |
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Rodent with the ultimate weapon in its paws |
1,200 words
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Sammy's Sandwich |
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Strange snacks for a strange friend |
670 words
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Zalda Zax and the Cyberpod |
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Flight of fancy into a different dimension |
2,880 words
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The Jugle Egg |
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How to hatch a new Universe |
1,080 words
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Tigger, Treacle, and Coke |
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Friendship knows no boundaries |
900
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