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Inside STRATA - Slices through the human landscape
Short extracts were read by the authors at our book launch in November 2018. A limit of 350 words was set for each story, so in the true spirit of microfiction, here's a quick 'flash' from six of them.
If you'd like to read more, the last few copies at £6 inc P&P are now availabe from our online shop.
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Jayne Block
Triumph and Tribulation
After an hour of praying for help, meditating to quell the rising panic and wishing I had stayed at home, I searched for my emergency pack of cigarettes.
Jayne Block
Yvonne Hennesy
Selkie
A sea-fret rolled in; with each new wave it billowed across the sand till it lingered just below the footpath, shrouding pebbles, rocks and fishing boats, even threatening to seep further into the village.
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Yvonne Hennessy
Judith Bruce
The Little Prince
‘I want to BE a tadpole, Mum,’ he would say. ‘I want to understand how a tadpole actually feels.’ Yesterday he had eaten one. Popped it into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it.
Judith Bruce
Samanthi
Munasing
Fantasy
I made up a whole history for us, the first in my class to have a boyfriend. The other girls mostly envied me, but a few called me a slut.
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Samantha Munasing
Stuart Condie
The Little White Dog
She brushed an imaginary insect off her golden arm and lit two cigarettes, one for her, one for me.
I mumbled a merci and took a few puffs where her lips had just been.
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Stuart Condies
Danielle Sensier
Ted and Moira
Friends and family egged them on, hungry for happy endings; it was after the war, and here was a man, saved, whole, and determined to have her.
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Danielle Sensier
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