Fantastic Fictions
Encounter with the Enchanter
‘I found it hard to tear my gaze away from those extraordinary eyes. It
was as if you were being watched by some sort of predator, a hawk say,
but a hawk possessed of human intelligence.’
The Great God Jenkins
The artefact showed them that Earth had once been occupied by a
civilization, but its exact meaning puzzled them.
Hedge Hopping
‘Gives you a bit of knock, seeing oneself peg out like that. I’ve seen a lot of types kick the bucket but I must be the first chap in history to observe it happen to myself.’
No Alternative
‘Don’t think the Jews will be the only ones we’ll go after … There’ll be
no shortage of scapegoats – tribe after tribe of them. There are always
alternatives.’
Ghosts in the Machine
Ballantine pressed on through the city streets, eliminating targets at will.
By mid-day he’d zapped a Hitler, a Churchill, a Princess Di, an Elvis and
a John Lennon.
All the Write Moves
I began to try to imagine what a successful alternative me might look like … Since then I have documented his life in its minutest aspects right down to his suits and shirts, even the cedar scented drawer where he keeps his socks.
The Collector
Fired by his vision, Lemarque set to work day and night, furiously nailing
and pinning objects to his walls, his floors and ceilings …
Cone of Plenty
Something was watching him. Lifting his head from the pillow, he could
make out a tall tapered shape at the foot of his bed, darker by far than the
curtained gloom of the hotel bedroom, not so much dark as void, a deep, bottomless emptiness.