Uniform List When I see that twelve year-old girl trailing her mum round Bury Market, I just want […]
Category Archive: Short Stories
Dear Mrs Dunkerly, I wish to return the product supplied to me in the autumn of 2001. Upon […]
I’m suspended 15,000 feet above the Earth, bang in the middle of my worst nightmare. I’m wearing a […]
Is this thing on? How can I tell if it’s recording? Oh yes, there’s the green light. Well, […]
They made statues of us all last year, so we must be famous, like Nelson on his column […]
‘Make sure you are sitting quite comfortably.’ Oh, for Christ’s sake. I hate this bit, where we all […]
We find Lizzie at home after a night out, perhaps a little tipsy. 22.39 PM Phone. This […]
Funny Pearls are proud to present our 2019 short story competition runner-up THE BEGINNING OF THE END by […]
Funny Pearls are proud to present our 2019 short story competition runner-up THE DATE CAROUSEL by Michelle Christophorou […]
Funny Pearls are proud to present our 2019 short story competition winner THE SLIP by Emma Kernahan Dear […]
At the school gates, Linton waits for the children to be released. His eyes glance quickly from one […]
Everyone agrees that Erica, the community centre manager, is ‘a bit full on’ – a cross between a […]
An officer is sent to investigate an abandoned car which has been reported at The Mariner Pub in […]
After Pete McIntyre had been found dead in the office, the firm gave us all a day off. […]