Story A Day

A Free Story A day…
… Until the End of May

With so many people in lockdown I wanted to do something to lift everyone’s spirits.

As an author the answer was obvious… give away a free story.

Every single day.

From then until the end of May!

So that’s what I did! Thankfully lockdown is far behind us, but here’s the stories…


Sunday 31st May

Gulvarian Breach – Sniper

Hours to get into position.

Days to wait for her target.

She can’t let anything interfere with killing her target.

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Sniper


Saturday 30th May

Origins

A civilisation formed of many species, all living in peace.

But where did they come from? What are their origins?

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Origins


Friday 29th May

Moonlit Call

When the full moon lights the night he appears, beckoning children to come play…

A siren call that is impossible to resist…

…but he is far from what he seems…

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Moonlit Call


Thursday 28th May

Antivirus

Antivirus takes on a whole new meaning when what it’s protecting is you!

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Antivirus


Wednesday 27th May

Late Night Bite

Carl’s having a bad night, and being buried is just the start of it!

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Late Night Bite


Tuesday 26th May

The Siren’s Curse

She could have anything from anyone… She could have everything…

Except the one thing she longed for…

A normal life.

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The Siren's Curse


Monday 25th May

The Unordinary Pig

Today’s story and image are by two very special guest stars…

The story was written by my daughter Katie, aged just 10…

And the (now pimped up) drawing to go with it was created by my daughter Isla, also aged just 10…

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The Unordinary Pig


Sunday 24th May

Weirdly Normal – Snakebite

Everyone knows to suck the poison out of a snakebite…

…but what if you’re a vampire who has sworn off of blood?

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Weirdly Normal - Snake Bite


Saturday 23rd May

Weirdly Normal – Ski Trip

Night skiing is an amazing thrill…

and essential when you’re a vampire!

But tonight Vincent’s peaceful skiing is going to be rudely interrupted…

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Weirdly Normal - Ski Trip


Friday 22nd May

Weirdly Normal – The Hike

A hike is no place for a vampire who hates getting his clothes dirty, even if it is at night.

But mud soon turns out to be the least of Vincent’s problems…

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Weirdly Normal - The Hike


Thursday 21st May

Weirdly Normal – Hitchhiker

Soaked to the skin and desperate for help Gemma finally stops a car by stepping in front of it.

She gets the help she’d hoped for… but will she regret stepping in front of that car?

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Weirdly Normal - Hitchhiker


Wednesday 20th May

Weirdly Normal – Lights Out

The gang initiation involves driving without lights then chasing down and murdering the occupants of the first car to flash.

A simple enough task… as long as they don’t pick the wrong car to chase down…

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Tuesday 19th May

Weirdly Normal – Were Envy

Forget werewolves and were-bears!

Were-creatures come in far more types than just wolves and bears.

Some are incredibly exotic… and some… not so much.

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Weirdly Normal - Were Envy


Monday 18th May

Starflare – Unstoppable

Outdated tech

Unbridled hatred

An unstoppable combination

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Starflare - Unstoppable


Sunday 17th May

The Disappearance of Jimmy Trent

Theodore will go to any lengths to find out what happened to his missing nephew Jimmy…

…and he’s certainly not going to let any folk tales about monsters scare him off.

That was his first mistake.

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The Disappearance of Jimmy Trent


Saturday 16th May

The Walk

A peaceful walk on a beautiful day.

What could be nicer?

But… something is amiss…

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The Walk


Friday 15th May

Curfew

Helping another curfew breaker is a sure way to get himself into trouble…

…but can he really leave the dazed and confused man to face punishment without trying to help?

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Curfew


Thursday 14th May

Never Gone

Those who have passed on are never fully gone…

…every time we speak of them they stay tied to us…

…and some of them are getting damn angry about it!

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Never Gone


Wednesday 13th May

Starflare – Hunter

Just who is the hunter, and who is the hunted?

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Starflare - Hunter


Tuesday 12th May

Anti Deja-Vu

You know what Deja Vu is, but do you know what the opposite would be?

Read on to find out!

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Anti Deja-Vu


Monday 11th May

Stick to What You Know

When engineers venture into the world of contracts and law they always find they’d be better off sticking to what they know!

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Stick to What You Know


Sunday 10th May

Shifty Client

Defend a client wrongly accused of being a shape-shifting murderer?

Easy!

Unless of course they’re innocent of murder… but are a shape shifter!

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Shifty Client


Saturday 9th May

Starflare – Fuel

A powerful pirate ship making demands of a fuel processing station with few defences.

There’s really only one way such a confrontation can go.

Isn’t there?

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Starflare - Fuel


Friday 8th May

The Wedding Weatherman

No one can possibly predict the weather two years in advance…

…can they?

And if they can… what else can they see?

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The Wedding Weatherman


Thursday 7th May

The Tide Returns

For ten cycles she has stayed in the dry, fulfilling her pilgrimage, but that time is almost over…

and soon the tide will return…

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The Tide Returns


Wednesday 6th May

The Tide

A Landscape Drowned. A Landscape Revealed.

He sits waiting for the tide to come in, but this is no ordinary tide. It’s taller than a tower, more destructive than a hurricane and is on a never ending journey around the world.

Yet he is sitting in the open waiting for it to arrive. Find out why…

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The Tide


Tuesday 5th May

Source

An idyllic holiday and a walk near a tranquil lake.

But something is far from right…

…and the lake is the source…

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Source


Monday 4th May

Gulvarian Breach – Inception

All they want him to do is ignore one smuggler.

And they’ll use anything they can to make him do it.

Whatever the cost!

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Gulvarian Breach - Inception


Sunday 3rd May

Dawnblade – The Fracture

Magic?

Hah!

When the Universe was shattered by the Dawnblade it was entirely down to science!

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Dawnblade - The Fracture


Saturday 2nd May

Dawnblade – The Devout’s Story of the Fall

The gods had protected humanity since time began…

…until the Sorcerer tried to destroy them all!

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Dawnblade - The Devout's Story of the Fall


Friday 1st May

Dawnblade – Tyranny of the Gods

The gods have treated mortals as playthings, pawns, slaves since forever…

…but now one man knows their dark secret!

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Dawnblade - Tyranny of the Gods


Thursday 30th April

The Great Detective Stumbles

The Great Detective always finds a way to trip up the villain…

…but is all really as it seems?

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The Great Detective Stumbles


Wednesday 29th April

Time of Death

Sometimes a lot of alcohol and a little cleverness can be a very bad combination…

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Time of Death


Tuesday 28th April

Gasro Hunt

Twice the size of a grizzly and more intelligent to boot.

Who’d want to hunt a Gasro?

Not Lance… but he has no choice today.

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Gasro Hunt


Monday 27th April

Feel of a Book

What does the Captain of an advanced spaceship do in his downtime? 

He enjoys a book of course, and it has to be a real one. 

The touch, the smell, the… well… read the story to see…

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Feel of a Book


Sunday 26th April

Starflare – Shore Leave

When the alcohol flows so do the stories…

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Starflare - Shore Leave


Saturday 25th April

Starflare – Rocks

After dealing with ghosts from an abandoned starship, the Panther’s captain plays it safe with a charter from a university to map out an asteroid field.

What could possibly go wrong with that? Well…

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Starflare - Rocks


Friday 24th April

Starflare – Ghosts

The Panther’s captain doesn’t believe in ghosts…

…but that doesn’t stop them coming aboard!

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Starflare - Ghosts


Thursday 23rd April

Everyone Out

Angels return to the control room for the first time in hundreds of years.

But they aren’t worried. It’s not like humanity will have got out of control…

…is it?

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Everyone Out


Wednesday 22nd April

Innocent

After weeks of evidence pointing to his guilt, he’s finally proven his innocence.

The police have let him go, but his problems have only just begun…

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Innocent


Tuesday 21st April

Keep the Noise Down

What’s worse than a grumpy old man with a hangover?

A grumpy old Wizard with a hangover!

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Keep the Noise Down


Monday 20th April

Morning After

We’ve all been there…

…waking up the next morning and slowly remembering the night before…

…but I guarantee you’ve never had a morning after like this!

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Morning After


Sunday 19th April

Last Message

It had left the entire Universe far behind…

…but there was still time for one last message…

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Last Message


Saturday 18th April

Emperor’s Chess

Beat the Emperor at Chess.

Walk away with enough wealth to never go hungry again.

Easy! Or maybe not…

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Friday 17th April

Fatal Infection

Certain death from a virus drives him out of the only remaining city and into the wilds.

There is no treatment for this disease, no cure other than death.

But he may still be able to find salvation.

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Fatal Infection


Thursday 16th April

Breaker Breaker

Spiritual successors of the Wreckers, the Breakers use high-tech instead of bright lights and their targets are trucks, not ships.

But they have the same lack of respect for life…

…and they’ve just chosen a new target…

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Breaker Breaker


Wednesday 15th April

Jumper’s Tragedy

With the ability to leap between places in an eyeblink, where is the one place you would be sure to go?

And why does doing so lead to tragedy?

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Jumper's Tragedy


Tuesday 14th April

Mr Able’s Visit

Big time gangster or humble store owner…

…they all crumble when Mr Able comes to visit…

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Mr Able's Visit


Monday 13th April

The Price of Safety

With his people facing annihalation there is only one way Sharp Claw can turn to save them…

…despite knowing it will cost him his life.

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The Price of Safety


Sunday 12th April

Who’s There?

I wake in the dark.

I live alone.

But… someone is in the room with me!

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Who's There?


Saturday 11th April

Weirdly Normal – Hand of Guilt

An open and shut case. Stan’s hand has killed dozens of people.

The catch? The hand belonged to someone else at the time…

…but Stan can’t possibly tell the police that!

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Weirdly Normal - Hand of Guilt


Friday 10th April

Magic Trumps Science

They came from nowhere.

No one is safe.

And no one can beat them. Can they?


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Magic Trumps Science


Thursday 9th April

Translation

When ambassadors from two warring alien races meet one thing matters more than anything else…

…accurate translation!

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Translation


Wednesday 8th April

Tap Tap

In the dark emptiness of space, far from any system, there is one sound you never expect to hear…

…a tap on the door.

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Tuesday 7th April

Footsteps

She lives one day at a time, but aeons pass between each of her days.

What will she see?

And who will she meet?

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Monday 6th April

Rusty

Just how long has Rusty the drone been at the school?

How many years have the children been teasing him for?

And what was he before?

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Sunday 5th April

Don’t Boil the Water!

Such simple advice, such a deadly outcome.

Ignore them!

Don’t boil the water!

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