Cobwebs by Richard Hooton | Shortlisted Entry Short Story Competition 2020
What’s the difference between a spider’s web and a cobweb? One’s a sticky trap to catch prey, the other abandonedContinue Reading
What’s the difference between a spider’s web and a cobweb? One’s a sticky trap to catch prey, the other abandonedContinue Reading
My room is filled with a faint orange glow. I know it is not daylight due to it not beingContinue Reading
I enjoy watching people die. I revel in the Moment as it approaches. No longer synchronised, Mind and Body areContinue Reading
TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide The moment froze as the woman from above hit the concrete in front of him. The windContinue Reading
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination orContinue Reading
“Hey, Ceri—” “What’s wrong? You sound sad,” she immediately blurted down the phone. “I was just wondering if I couldContinue Reading
Yesterday I saw a hare. I had removed my clothes for the task I had set myself, ready to letContinue Reading
SCENE 1, SCHOOL TOILETS, DAY, INT Set in 2020, in an all girls high school in the south of Ireland. Continue Reading








