Welcome to The Great Chocolate Conspiracy! Chocolate Digestive biscuits have disappeared from the shelves right across the eastern seaboard of the USA, and now the shortage has spread to London. Detective Chief Inspector Sam Adamson and his international team of investigators from the Metropolitan Police’s Confectionery Crimes Unit (CCU) have been tasked to solve the […]
Flash Fiction
Friday Flash – The Priest Hole
Pete threw down the EMF meter in disgust. The needle lay at the neutral end of the scale. Six hours of staring at it, and the damn thing refused to move. He hoped he could find the receipt when he got home. Pete made another circuit of the room. His objects remained where he’d planted […]
Friday Flash – Flintlock Roulette
“Garrrh, poker’s for wenches!” said Captain Scarlight. He knocked back the last dregs of his grog, slamming the tankard on the table. “You do keep winnin’, Cap’n,” replied First Mate Swein. “That I do.” “I heard talk of a game of roulette in these parts,” said Swein. “Roulette is for wenches, too!” “It makes a […]
Friday Flash – Fickle Fame
This story has been taken down as it is now out for submission!
Friday Flash – The Hidden
“This sorry specimen came to us late last month. Her husband brought her. The poor fellow was simply beside himself with worry. He is much improved now that he is confident in the knowledge that she is in our care.” The warden gestured to the woman behind the bars. A tattered shawl hung around her […]
Friday Flash – The Dead Calm
Today’s Fiction Friday prompt from the Write Anything website was; Use this lyric from Shore Leave to flavour your story: “Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels” I decided to use it to tell the story of how Captain Scarlight got his ship. For more stories about Captain Scarlight, click here. * * * The rain […]
