Stirling University

The winner of our Erotic and Romance Writing Competition with SSHES. Trigger Warning: themes of death

It thrusts into your chest, leaching the marrow from your ribs. Fingers chapped and scratching in a deathly chill. Your heartbeats become...

Strange. The world wasn’t always this way. When I was little, the world was full of rolling hills and mossy-dark forests. It had clear...

Following the smell, the bear eventually broke out to the edge of a clearing. The river was running fast, spraying off the opposite side....

My dearest reader(s). Please forgive the mess, I had little time before I called you. This will be the last collection of words I will...

Before the existence of time there was nothing. No light, no dark – not even the faintest glimmer of the life every breathing creature...

Sometimes a choice wasn’t all it was made out to be. It was a talisman of supposed freedom and a chain of forced responsibility, all...

Winter was his favourite time of the year. It was beautiful and gorgeous, stunning and glorious; from the way the light shone off the...

Prologue It had been a very long time since Grace had felt peace. It was so rare that even the notion of it became a long-forgotten...

The fox emerged from the forest to the edge of a large field, examining the stumps for his stockpile. The area had changed somewhat in...

Her name is Margo I will get through this. I know I will. I will not be defeated by mere water. Into the boat, its small and white with a...

Grandfather sits on the deep velvet seat, his plastic hand rested on the tabletop. He watches the land pass them by through the window....

To an outsider, it looked unremarkable, but the villagers had always known the truth. It had started with a prayer for love and precious...

John stepped onto the train. He watched other passengers as they put their belongings away and chose their seats. He breathed in -...

Jack awoke with start and a thumping headache. He found himself laid out on the street. He had either been the victim of a horrendous...