Six women. Seven chairs. One invitation that makes no sense. Around a dinner table where time has apparently stopped, Florence Nightingale, Beatrix Potter, Maria Dickin, Lilian Bland, Elsie Inglis and Eglantyne Jebb discover they have rather more in common than history remembers. But one place remains empty. And perhaps it was never meant for them.
Category: Stories
His Greatest Trick – Simon Axford
Short Story Sunday presents ‘His Greatest Trick’ by Simon Axford. A celebrated illusionist captivates his audience with a thrilling show leading to a new trick called ‘Into the Abyss.’ However, the performance doesn’t go exactly as planned.
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The Last Honest Man – Kirst D’Raven
This week’s Short Story Sunday
The photograph was fake. Perry could prove it. He had the original files, the editing layers and a confession from the man who made it. But hidden inside the hoax was something nobody had added – A face watching from an upstairs window of an abandoned children’s home…
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Old Magic – Simon Axford
Short Story Sunday presents Old Magic by Simon Axford – a story set in the universe of his new novel – ‘I Know How This Goes’
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The Bone Reader – Kirst D’Raven
When a storm exposes human remains in a crumbling seaside cliff, forensic anthropologist Maggie Watson is called in to read the bones. But the dead have a story to tell—and this one has been waiting a very long time to be heard.
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Imogen – Belle Adcock
Imogen wants an answer and Chris knows he can’t avoid giving her one forever. But some truths are harder to confess than others – especially when guilt has had six years to make itself feel at home…
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The Woman Who Came Back – Simon Axford
Ellie returns home to find a stranger in her kitchen and a perfectly good cup chipped. Unfortunately for him, Ellie has survived considerably worse things than an unexpected houseguest…
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The Truths We Hide – A.D. Small
A prisoner must be delivered before 03:00. The mission is clear, the orders absolute. But deep beneath the earth, something knows the truths Seth has spent a lifetime hiding.
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The Matagot – Kirst D’Raven
“Come back if you want to know more about the Matagot… And bring milk!”
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A Matter of Statistics – Kirst D’Raven
Dr Carrie Dale has spent years uncovering the truth behind unexplained deaths. But when a week of increasingly bizarre fatalities lands on her mortuary table, coincidence begins to feel like conspiracy. As the bodies pile up, Carrie finds herself chasing an impossible pattern – and wondering whether Death itself has developed a very dark sense of humour. A macabre, witty tale where statistics, fate and forensic science collide.
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The Puppy Nobody Claimed – Kirst D’Raven
Short Story Sunday
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The Last Sheaf – Simon Axford
This week’s short story on Sunday tells the tale of a fully trained agricultural contractor, who quickly finds out that the ‘old ways’ can sometimes be the right way too.
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The Tide Between The Stars – Kirst D’Raven
On a calm night, fisherman Joe Lyche heads out alone expecting nothing more than silence, stars and a decent catch.
What follows is an encounter that leaves Joe questioning everything he knows about the sea…
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The Last Witness. – Kirst D’Raven
Short Story Sunday
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The Widows Garden – Kirst D’Raven
Short Story Sunday! The Widows Garden
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The Fourth Keeper – Kirst D’Raven
It’s Short Story Sunday!
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The Linesman – Kirst D’Raven
There are places in Britain where the past never truly leaves. Old churches. Quiet stations. Lonely roads across the moors. And, sometimes… football grounds…
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The Audience of The Dead – Kirst D’Raven
In a stormy Buxton, a folklorist encounters an elderly gentleman who recounts the tragic tale of John Kane, a celebrated comedian who died from accidental poisoning after a performance in 1799. Kane’s grave faces the audience in St Anne’s Churchyard, symbolizing his enduring legacy amidst local folklore and memory.
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The Thunderbird and the Storm – Kirst D’Raven
Thunderstorms aren’t something to fear – they’re a sign the Thunderbird is flying. A guardian older than stone, watching over the storm.
