The Messenger, Part 1

In the first part of three, a Guild Messenger finds that things have changed in the city of Centrum. A pall of smoke hangs over the slums, factories and refineries churn out yellowdust, and the poor work hard in the name of progress…

StandaloneSteve CookMay 31, 2019podcast, flash fictionComment

Hero

Two treasure-hunting squirrels bite off more than they can chew...

StandaloneSteve CookMay 17, 2019podcast, flash fictionComment

In The Jungles of Tchudeka

An explorer, a seeker of antiquities, finds himself at a point of no return...

StandaloneSteve CookMay 3, 2019podcastComment

Succour

A con-man tries to get one over on a church congregation…

StandaloneSteve CookApril 26, 2019podcast, flash fictionComment

Last Orders

A barkeep tidies up as he closes a chapter of his life. Surely it'll be easy to sneak away - no-one will miss him, anyway...

StandaloneSteve CookApril 19, 2019podcast, flash fictionComment

Bundle of Joy

Rana lives alone, and she likes it that way. It's peaceful; just her, the hunt, the shelter of this old-world human building and... and what is that noise out the front?

StandaloneSteve CookApril 12, 2019podcast, flash fictionComment