The day the baby was brought home was the day that life changed for Jay. At the age of 4 he knew that all the attention would now go to the baby and not to him. He had been used to lots of hugs from his mother Annie and his doting aunties Maude and Jackie … Continue reading Jay and Ved part 1
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Patsy and Paul – Part 2
Supper was a fondue that night, Paul’s favourite. He loved dipping the bread and meat into the thick gloopy cheese sauce. Martha was in a good mood. Andrew had phoned earlier to say that he and Penny had arrived home safely and that Penny had perked up a bit on the drive. Martha was glad … Continue reading Patsy and Paul – Part 2
The Guardian Part 2
Ward 27 was dark and dank with the smell of death and David looked so out of place in the creaky old hospital bed. Jaffa held on tightly to his mother’s hand and they looked on in disbelief and growing horror as David drew his last few breaths. Sheila couldn’t understand how her husband could … Continue reading The Guardian Part 2
The Guardian Part 1
Jaffa’s bedroom would have told anybody what kind of person he was. There were books everywhere and the titles were those that only a true academic would be interested in. Physics, psychology and philosophy were well covered and there were also more than a few piles of mathematical books lying around. The walls had several … Continue reading The Guardian Part 1
KC
The orphanage wasn’t all that bad. It was a lovely old brick building set in beautiful gardens and there were heaps of rooms to investigate as well as a big dusty attic full of toys that the old man had left behind. But the house was in the bad end of town. Decades before the … Continue reading KC
Cloe – Pre Tribe – Part 2
When Larry started to come home and was sick without even having been drinking at the Dessie started to get worried. She had been aware that more and more of the neighbours were going into hospital – and not coming back – and she was getting more and more concerned as customers were stockpiling groceries … Continue reading Cloe – Pre Tribe – Part 2
Cloe – Pre Tribe – Part 1
The apartment was small but tidy and Cloe loved her room. She had a beautiful old bed that had once belonged to her grandmother and she loved to sit on it and look out of the window to the building opposite. Her best friend Sylvie lived across the road and they could wave at each … Continue reading Cloe – Pre Tribe – Part 1
Ned, Tally and Andy – Pre Tribe – Part 2
Ned, Tally and Andy were back at their home gathering together everything they could. They’d made a list of everything that was able to be carried and that might come in useful. They didn’t have much as the family was poor but the necessities were there. They decided to head off into the countryside and … Continue reading Ned, Tally and Andy – Pre Tribe – Part 2
Ned, Tally and Andy Pre Tribe – Part 1
Ned was brought up in a poor suburb of town called Newton. Ned¹s parents, Nina and John were simple people with simple lives. Nina and John both worked at the local school, Nina as a cleaner and John was the caretaker. They had met many years ago when they both attended that same school. It … Continue reading Ned, Tally and Andy Pre Tribe – Part 1
Amber Part 2
Previously – “Dal went home with Amber that afternoon and the two of them spent the rest of the day in the garage flat with Solaris, debating how they could survive in a world without adults. If the worst case scenario panned out as feared they would soon find themselves directly affected by the events … Continue reading Amber Part 2