The Keeper

Light is death ‘Don’t go toward the light.’ That was why lighthouses were built. The light was death on rocks; … More

The Days that Followed

The memory was a fixed one. Some memories are like sediment, debris in the tidal flow of the mind, others … More

“Everything in this life starts and ends with money.” That seems especially poignant now. He said it softly, like an … More

I loved my holidays. They were the only times I cared about, to be brutally honest. They were also the … More

Absolute silence combined with absolute darkness can drive you mad. Your brain begins to fill in the void with its … More

I didn’t realise at first. Everybody was dead. Everybody. I was on the beach, the sun was out, the wind … More

The routine The bedroom had always been a stressful place, a box. Grace took a deep breath and gazed at … More

At 11:11 PM Greenwich Mean Time at the bus stop on the corner of Carver Avenue in the sleepy British … More

My best friend, Marty Darnell, used to say he could read the shape of people. I often wondered what he … More

The suburban matrix was still and quiet and not in the usual way. There were no young mothers pushing prams … More

They could read your mood. That was the most terrifying thing. I wondered if they could even read your decisions. … More

“There are twenty artefacts on the countertop, on the top floor of the Lewis temple, and there are fifty of … More

The sea was a mirror of the sky except, in one, you would drown and in the other, you would … More

It had seemed like a good idea to view the city from the highest point, which was obviously Grey’s Insurance … More

I awoke sharply from a feverish dream, where I was standing with statuesque stillness and completely naked at a conference … More

“You can not travel back in time. It’s impossible and why would you want to? But time travel is possible, … More

“A day is like a pool of water. It looks permanent, it looks still, like it’s always there, but it … More

The perfect world. That is where I lived. Nothing bad ever happened. The news was only good news. The government … More

The warm, acidic sea teased the arctic coastline, just a few feet from the entrance of the seed bank. It … More

It was a rude awakening. The holo-link even woke my children, they stirred in the darkness of their bedrooms and … More