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Short story projects., Portland Street, Manchester (2026)

29/12/2025

Chris Smithfield was 6 yr's old
when his parents seperated, his Mum lived In
a two bedroom apartment, Chris had his own room
but when staying over liked sleeping In her bed.
The two rooms were at either end of a hallway,
the apartment was situated on the first floor,
With It being Christmas eve my Mum had left
a window open In my room directly behind the bed
above the headboard.

Anyhow, I woke up during the night and remember
sitting up and seeing our dog sitting In
the door frame of my room, this was strange
as Wooster was a real snuggler and always slept
on the bed, as I watched the dog he walked
Into the room and barked, as I looked at Wooster
leap onto the bed I saw a man
standing by the door then leave.

Dont know how Mum heard anything
how she managed to do It so quickly
but Mum proceeded to pick me up and basically
throw me out the window, we were on the 2nd floor
and It was about a 6 foot drop to the ground.

My Mum quickly followed and we started
calling for help, which led to a neighbour calling 911
the police came but couldnt find any signs
of a break--In only that our front door was unlocked,
which led the police to believe that was how
the man left the house.

The strange thing was my Mum swore she locked up
that night, putting on the deadbolt and chain lock,
about a day or two later she was cleaning
the kitchen and opened up our water heater closet
and found a notepad.
There were names and drawings as well as gloves
and some gum wrappers, the man had been In
our house and hid until we were asleep.

22/11/2025

[ A Bridge to Hell ]

One night as Scott Ryan was driving deep
Into the mountains to get to a Retreat Spa for
his university club, he didnt see the small
exit sign to turn off the main road for the retreat
so found himself driving deeper Into the mountains.

Suddenly a fog that drifted In became heavy as Scott
continued driving, finally forcing him to stop,
pulling over next to a big stone bridge.

As the fog rolled rolled In the bridge took on
the appearance of something that looked like
a gateway to another world, with no one else In sight
and with no signal on his cell--phone, Scott got out
went to the back of the car and took out
a flashlight, began scanning his surroundings.

Stepping closer to the bridge Scott saw what looked like a man made grave with a makeshift
Wooden Cross and different coloured dirt
where the the grave was, seeing this, scared Scott
and he got back Into his car.

As he tried to drive away the wheels for a few seconds
slid on the gravel, In a panicked state Scott thought
something or someone took hold of the car,
keeping him there, finally managing to drive away
from the bridge.

Scott eventually arrived at the retreat to be met
at the entrance by an attendant, " Welcome Sir "

I'm sorry I'm late, couldn't get here any earlier
due to the fog forcing me to pull In next
to that big bridge.

What Fog Sir? What Bridge ?

04/11/2025

Father Fredrick Dina heard confessions
every Saturday morning from 10.00 till 12.00.
Without fail always hearing the same voices asking
for forgiveness for what they had done.

But this particular Saturday morning It was different,
no one turned up for confession, It was something
Father Fredrick found strange, as not even sweet old
82 years of age Mrs Baker
from the Loombridge housing estate opposite.
A church goer all her life, It had been raining heavy,
so Father Fedrick thought It was down to the rain,
so didn't think anymore of It, glancing at his watch
the priest It was a few minutes to mid--day.

Now thinking to himself, that's It, confession over
and not a soul saved today, a good morning ,God.
Just then the confessional door opened,
a voice saying bless me Father, sorry I am late.
God will always wait, It's okay my Son.

Is that you Joeseph Ismann?, " yes Father It Is.
" Father I have sinned , I have been with a loose woman
" And who was the woman you were with?"
Joseph answered, " I cant tell you Father Fredrick.
My wish Is not to ruin her reputation." " Well Joseph,
I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later
so you may as well tell me now.

Was It Tina Perez?" was It Teresea Napuna?"
was It Cathy Mimms, " I can not say, I will never tell,
was It Ruth Colewood, my lips are sealed
am not going to name her, the priest sighs,
In frustration, he asked one more time, my Son was It
Mollie Foster, I have to stay tight lipped Father.

Joseph my Son, I admire that, thank you Father.
But as you have sinned you must now atone.

You cannot be an alter--boy for 4 months.
Now go straight home, do not stop to talk
to any young girls.

Joseph walked back to his pew, his friend Francis
slides over to him and whispers, " what did you get?"
" Four months vacation and Five good leads.!

27/10/2025

[ Sandra ] The girl who became the woman
I've grown to love. About Sandra: My Mom once said.

If she cant plan a date the woman cannot plan
a future with you.
When you're with the right woman, everything
about her will turn you on, the way she drives,
the way she looks at you, her voice, her hands ,
her care, her protectiveness towards you.

The feel of her breath on your ear.
Her lips on yours, the Intention of her hands
on her body, enlightening mmebevrn more.

Stronge couples create things
to look forward to.

Date nights, slow mornings, sunday walks,
rituals that say, we--mater even when life gets busy" .

It's not about doing the most. Creating consistency
In your connection when you build safely
You build love that lasts.

Sometimes In life you will just need a hug
no words, no advice, just a hug
to make you feel you matter.

I'm so very grateful for that day you slipped
through hands of people who didnt know
hold you.

13/10/2025

[ A Last Oorah ]

Rose Billings husband Jack was a Navy Pilot
during the Gulf, there had been no word
from his ship, the U.S.S.Experience
since It left habour but that was to be expected.

About 14 days Into the mission
Rose alone at home woke up suddenly
In the middle of the night, ahe saw her husband
standing In the room,
It wasn't an ethereal form either,
he appeared solid and utterly the same.

The only thing different about Jack
was that his head was shaved,
he had only thing to say " goodbye."

This whole experience startled Rose and she
couldn't get back to sleep, she went to the kitchen
to get some water when the doorbell rang.

Rose was Informed her husband
had suffered a massive heart attack
and on board the ship, she was grief ridden
but reasoned that the apparition
had been an hallucination born of the stress
of having a spouse deployed,
besides with his head shaved he didn't look
that familiar.

Rose along with her sister Margaret flew out
the following morning to plan for the funeral
and recieve the body, the two sisters held hands
as the body was shown to them,
her husband's lifeless body was bald.

In a letter from his NSO
the shaved head was explained, the result
of a lost bet, Rose had no way of knowing
that his head had ben shaved.

Rose passed away on the first anniversary
of her husband's passing.

Oorah.

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

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.

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