Short story projects.

22/09/2025

Martha Staines was hired to clean out
an abandoned church one last time as It was due
to be knocked down the the following morning.

The church smelled of mould and something worse
something sweet and sour.

Behind the Altar, Martha found a trapdoor that led Into
an old forgotten Crypt, lined with rotten pews,
the walls were stitched with mouths. Lipless. Singing.

They moaned a song In a language
Martha couldn't understand, but It crawled up Into
her head and stayed there.
Martha ran. But the melody followed.

Every breath she took hummed their tune.
Now Martha sings alone among the ruins, voice raw
bleeding, her lips are sewn
Into a permanent smile, and her tongue speaks
the song perfectly.

The sound never dies, doesn't go away, It only grows,
one voice at a time.

17/08/2025

Just how well do you really know someone.

When Fifteen year old Millie Bellsworth
went missing early one Summer's evening
on her way home from a friend's house, her Mother,
Heather, pleaded and begged for her safe return.

However when police found Millie 16 days later
they also discovered that Heather had conspired
to fake her daughter's kidnap, hoping to pocket
a £ 65.000 reward raised by business owners
and local residents where Millie lived.

The hunt for Millie Bellsworth became a case
that shook the nation, featuring testimony
from Heather's friends and neighbours, journalists
and the Dectectives who rescued Millie.

Ian Trent, Dectective brought In from Scotland Yard
to oversee the case, said how we feared
for Millie's safety stated, " we cleared a lot of ground
In the early stages because statistics suggest
you have 24 hours beyond 24 hours
they're not coming back.

As the days passed, dectectives feared the worst.
Then the police finally received a breakthrough,
when a concerned friend of the family,
Maggie Brown, urged them to look at Arthur Moles,
the brother--In-- Law of Heather's partner Brian.

After 16 days Millie was found 15 miles away
In Arthur's house, where she had been kept
In a garage at the rear of the house, Heather had been
In on the kidnap all along.

Heather and Arthur were jailed for kidnap,
false Imprisonment, and perverting the course
of justice, the two were jailed for 12 years each.

Brings a sense of reality to that saying,
your own are your worst enemy.

17/08/2025

When Fifteen year old Millie Bellsworth
went missing early one Summer's evening
on her way home from a friend's house, her Mother,
Heather, pleaded and begged for her safe return.

However when police found Millie 16 days later
they also discovered that Heather had conspired
to fake her daughter's kidnap, hoping to pocket
a £ 65.000 reward raised by business owners
and local residents where Millie lived.

The hunt for Millie Bellsworth became a case
that shook the nation, featuring testimony
from Heather's friends and neighbours, journalists
and the Dectectives who rescued Millie.

Ian Trent, Dectective brought In from Scotland Yard
to oversee the case, said how we feared
for Millie's safety stated, " we cleared a lot of ground
In the early stages because statistics suggest
you have 24 hours beyond 24 hours
they're not coming back.

As the days passed, dectectives feared the worst.
Then the police finally received a breakthrough,
when a concerned friend of the family,
Maggie Brown, urged them to look at Arthur Moles,
the brother--In-- Law of Heather's partner Brian.

After 16 days Millie was found 15 miles away
In Arthur's house, where she had been kept
In a garage at the rear of the house, Heather had been
In on the kidnap all along.

Heather and Arthur were jailed for kidnap,
false Imprisonment, and perverting the course
of justice, the two were jailed for 12 years each.

Brings a sense of reality to that saying,
your own are your worst enemy.

26/07/2025

Ryan Todd, currently In the process
of rebranding his entire life.
What you see right now Is nothing compared
to the life he was about to have.

Growing up, Ryan felt to be extraordinary,
not the normal which the world
was asking him to be, sometimes soft
more often unshakable, referred to as kind,
but fierce, a storm you didn't see coming.

All the while smiling.

His small moments could shape everything.
A single word, a kind gesture,
a quite decision, may at first
seemed Insignificant, but over time
They carved out his life path.

Ryan's body sensed the truth
before his mind did, that tightness,
restlessness, or unease,
wasn't random-- It's a signal.

Growing old Isn't so bad
when you have someone to grow old with
that can hang on tight
during the hardest storms of life.

16/06/2025

Men take note :
When a woman stops getting jealous,
stops questioning, doesn't text first,
seems unconcerned about your actions,
or longer asks about the other women
In your life, accepting everything
with an " It's okay" or "I'm not upset" just know
that last tear has dropped and she no longer
cares what happens.

A woman does not make noise:
when she's leaving you, she made noise before
when she wanted to stay
but you didn't listen.

When a woman says she's 'I'm fine:
she wants you to ask again
and genuinely listen.

At this point
let me Introduce you to Stella.
when Stella goes silent: she's overthinking
about what's bothering her.

You see Stella looking away: she Is hiding
her emotions, not her feelings.

Hear her ask too many questions. Stella Is
seeking reassurances, not control.

Should Stella seek your attention: she Is
longing for love, not validation.

When this woman holds my hand tightly :
my lovely lady wife silently asks me
to never let her go.

13/05/2025

If you want to share whatever-- just share
for the sake of It !
Do It because you want to, likes to be damned

Leave revenge up to fate.
Make peace with the Issue, accept what
has gone before, make allowances
for human error and move on.

If you want a man to love you
for a lifetime, love his heart not his money
and position In life

If you want a woman to love you
for a lifetime, gentlemen love her soul
not her body.

28/02/2025

Paul Burton was back
at his old school for a reunion
during the evening he encountered
an old classmate Richard.

While leaving Richard asked to be dropped
at his parents house and just got out
at the end of the road and disappeared,
the encounter was weird as It was
But there's more.

When this guy told his friends that he had
met Richard everyone told him
Richard had died, and they attended
his funeral.

Sonia James had just moved
to a new apartment, after a long day at work,
Sonia returned home to find the front door
slightly open, she was sure she locked It
before leaving that morning,
Inside, the living room was In disarray,
furniture moved and drawers pulled open.

Feeling a chill run down her spine, Sonia called
the police, as she waited Sonia noticed
a small door leading to the attic.
Days later, the police discovered that a man
had been living In her attic, using her belongings while she was home, now there Is
no trace that Sonia ever moved In.

25/12/2024

Was something like 3am
when Julie, asleep with her boyfriend Robert, suddenly a loud noise wakes Julie, who after
a few seconds tried waking Robert, saying
get up Robert, wake up, I think someone
Is downstairs, someone's In our house

Julie failing to wake Robert, whispered
that's It Chicken S**t, you just lay there,
let me go downstairs and see who It Is,
You just stay there and let your girlfriend
get murdered by someone In our own home.

Going to the bedroom closet Julie grabbed
Robert's baseball bat that he had kept since
his college playing days, being as quite as she
possibly could, tip--toed across the landing
Julie headed down stairs, being careful not to
step on that loose last stair.

All the time hearing the noise
from the kitchen getting louder, with things
smashing to the floor, clasping a firm hold
of the bat above her head, ready to hit out at
whoever or whatever came through
that kitchen door.

In a quick second the kitchen door
swung open, then just as quick Julie
swung the bat wildly, kept on doing so until
there was a crash to the floor, followed by
groaning that made Julie swing the bat
again and again, silencing the groans.

On turning on the sitting room lights
Julie fell to the floor when seeing the extent
of what had just happened, Robert, Robert,
dear Jesus Robert, It was only when Julie
turned the lights on? did she only see that
the body on the floor next to her
was that of Robert, with a kitchen Knife
Stuck In his chest, he had heard someone
moving around downstairs
and went to check It out.

What Julie had thought was someone
had broke In, was In fact Robert trying to get
to his feet to warn Julie, but kept falling over
In the kitchen.

Julie then froze when she heard a voice say,
" you ready to come to bed now baby.

10/12/2024

Sometimes It Is the only medicine
the heart and soul need, for those of us
who wish to sing, one will always find a song.

Music Is an element
that should be part and parcel of every child's
life via the education system.
Trust It, the rhythm does not lie, the only way
to run away without leaving home.

Art Is how we decorate space.
Music Is how we decorate time, you say
a four hour car journey, I say a 4 hour concert
listening to your favourite radio station

No matter how you feel, there Is always that
one song that can match your mood,
Is one of the only things
you can count on.

Life beats down and crushes the soul
the music reminds you that you have one.

People with mixed music taste
have the right personality
for just about anything.

A great Uniter an Incredible force.
Something that people
who differ on something and anything else
can have In common.

Where words fail, music speaks.
Music Is the art of thinking with sound
nothing takes me
to another place and time
faster than music.

My music will tell you more about me
than I ever will, sometimes It only
takes one song to bring back
thousands of memories.

People like to listen to music
that they can relate to, so when a friend
shows you a song, listen.
Music begins where the possibilities
of language end, a second language
to my heart.

When life leaves you speechless
songs give you lyrics to find meaning
life Is a song, love Is the lyrics.

Everyone lives music, there Is a melody
for every mood, emotion,
and human condition.
music beats In rhythm with life
as It meets the healing needs of the soul.

Doesn't always have to have the words
In order to touch the heart,
sometimes just a melody can take you places
you can only dream of.
Where words fail? music speaks.

Never enough to just play the notes
or sing the words or hear the song
for It to mean something.

Behind every person's favourite song
there Is an untold story.

04/12/2024

A true gentleman knows: It's not where
you touch her, but how you touch her
that Ignites the fire In her.

The best feeling In the world Is being with one
who wants you as much as you want them.

How beautiful It Is to find someone who asks
for nothing but your company.
There will always be room for your hand
within mine.

Do not want anyone else to have your heart,
kiss your lips, be In your arms, because
that Is my place.

Your lips? I kiss them, your body? I hug that,
my smile? you cause that, your heart?
I want that.

What If I were to kiss every part of you
to show you just how beautiful you look?
your Imperfections are perfection to me.

In my kiss. That's where I hide
a thousand words of love for you, In hope
you'll taste them all one by one.

Your eyes set fire to my soul, your hands

set fire to my skin, your words set fire
to my mind, every part of me Is red
by burning of you.
Close your eyes and let prose loiter your mind.
Let my words touch you In
soft delicate places.

Tell me where you hurt the most,
show me your most painful scar.
That Is where I will begin loving you.

' In fact my soul and yours are the same
you appear In me, I In you,
we hide In each other.

My lustful bones are matched only
by my hungry heart, will always want more
of you, even when I'm completely full.

No need for words, lay with me In
elegant silence filled only with the mingling
of our breaths.

Whenever we were Insecure we would stop
listen closely to our minds and bodies
to tell us everything we need to know.

03/12/2024

Never needs to be a special time
to say some kinds caring words
to your loved one, be them be near or far away