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At night, it’s almost silent. Just the rustling of the leaves, and the odd yip of a fox. The bats fly low, close to the water, mopping up moths, skimming the air.

In the day, it’s different. Still quiet, still peaceful, but there are women in the pool of water. They tell me their secrets and sometimes, just sometimes, I listen very closely.

What sort of secrets?

Read The Nymph Of Hampstead Heath

Ninth Zodiac Eclipse story written by Thaddeus White is now online.

Night had fallen. Gertrude glanced at her half-dozen comrades, and was glad that they had embarked at once instead of waiting for daylight, and the boiling heat that would come with it.

Read Zodiac Eclipse – Demon Hunting

As Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. We have our fourth special royal themed story online.

I pulled the hood over my face as the guards rode past for the third time. Children wailed as the group of us migrated away from the burning village. Fury raged through my veins, but I tried to show myself as nothing more than a cowering villager sauntering on to look for shelter somewhere else.

Read Return

I’m the designated hostage negotiator, and my only interest is in achieving a peaceful resolution.

I’m surprised you feel the need to negotiate. Doubly so as I’m unaware of anyone being held hostage.

Read Insert

Eighth Zodiac Eclipse story written by Thaddeus White is now online.

The natives might be primitive, but they packed a hell of a punch. When Gertrude peeled her right eye open her head was ringing like a bell. Her artificial left eye flickered to life as she became conscious. She was alone, in a spacious cell of mud bricks.

Read Zodiac Eclipse – Angels or Demons

Fifth special submission window for 2015 is now open. Details are on the submissions page.

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“Promise me…” she whispered.
“Yes, mother?”
“A lit candle… on the table… when boyfriends come to dinner.”

Read Flame of Desire

Seventh Zodiac Eclipse story written by Thaddeus White is now online.

“By the stars,” Nicephorus moaned. “What are we supposed to do now?”

Drusus laughed. Like everyone, except Gertrude, his voice was modulated by a filter mask. “Calm down. You sound like a schoolgirl whose pigtails have been cut off.

Read Zodiac Eclipse – Naxos

Not for the first time, I wondered why a man like this had been put in charge of an exploratory expedition. ‘No sentient beings on this planet,’ my arse.

Read The Survivor

Fourth special submission window for 2015 is now open. Details are on the submissions page.

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