I woke up in a pool of sweat, my heart racing and my breathing heavy. I couldn’t believe the dream that had just ensued. The neighbour to whom I had lost my virginity exposed my intimacy to the website that I frequently visited. It couldn’t be right; he couldn’t have done that. I sat up in bed with a bewildered look on my face as I looked at my laptop sitting on the bedside table. In my curiosity, I pulled it towards me.A...

When I was very young, I was taken away from my natural parents and adopted by a youngish couple. From what I had heard about my parents over the years, they seemed to be absolute nut jobs that cared more for drugs than they ever did for me. Thankfully the government intervened and managed to find me a loving home and family where I was the only child.Although I was in a stable home, it did have its own problems. I never...

The room was dimly illuminated with candle light as theyburned low on the mantelpiece. The Christmas tree stood elegantly in the corner with a small table in front which had milk, cookies and a big old carrot resting on top. The children were all tucked up in bed, waiting impatiently for daylight to come so they could open their presents. I stared at the clock as it reached one in the morning; I then looked back at the fi...

“I do,” I said nervously as the entire room watched me. Time seemed to freeze for a few moments as we both stood there at the altar. I gazed into Kyle’s eyes, as always, they were big and beautiful. I had always had a thing for baby blues and even now they had me mesmerised. His short, spiky brown hair went well with his suit and slim physique. He was my perfect man and I felt like the luckiest woman on Earth as we stood...

It was Christmas Eve and I was alone. Like most people, I was drinking quite heavily and giving my liver a good kicking with glasses of whiskey. I wasn’t much of a whiskey fan but I needed something a bit harsher on the tongue than my regular favourite of vodka and coca cola or amaretto and cranberry juice. The radio blasted out every Christmas song you could imagine and in my drunken state I was singing along with them h...

I sat at the back of the 127 bus to Wakefield. The infamous blocks of flats along with the cathedral’s spire scraped the night’s sky. The glowing signs of numerous fast food joints whizzed by as the bus sped up Westgate. I watched the groups of people starting their journey on the ‘Westgate run.’ I smirked as I saw some pretty lame Halloween costumes amongst them. “What are you laughing at?” Chris, my boyfriend, asked. “J...

I trudged through the deep snow, trying to get as far from civilisation as possible. The forest was dark, it was desolate and it was safe. For a few weeks, there had been reports of some kind of infection spreading around the world like wildfire. Our harbours and airports had all been closed as several countries succumbed to this virus but it was too late. It had already breached Russia and was now beginning to cause chao...

The clear, blue ocean stretched out in front of us as we drove along the coastal road. It was like a Welcome Back sign to Kyle and I. One year had passed since our last visit and we had been looking forward to this year’s trip to Cornwall. As always, the sun was beaming down and the local towns were getting ready for the surge of tourists coming to visit their golden beaches.I pulled into our hotel and it was like déjà vu...

I laid wide awake in my bed. I don’t know what it was but for the strangest reason I couldn’t sleep. My long brown hair was sprawled out across my pillow and my gorgeous brown eyes stared at the ceiling. I heard the birds outside begin to tweet. Although it was still dark outside, I knew morning was coming. I then heard the front door close downstairs and immediately I squeezed my eyes together as tight as I possibly coul...

Kyle and I had been dating a few months when we decided to go on our first vacation together. It wasn’t anything too extravagant or exotic, just a small coastal town in the south west of England. Prior to our relationship, I had been to Cornwall a few times and felt as though it would be the perfect escape for both of us. The people were friendly, the weather was gorgeous, the sea was clear and above all, the countryside...

Tumbleweed blew across the marshes as the wind began to pick up. The moon gave off little light as it sat high above the wastelands with the occasional cloud blocking it from view. Malicious creatures patrolled the barren landscape in search for their pray but to no avail. They usually gathered around this area, it was as if they could sense that someone was close. They wouldn’t be wrong either. *** Tanya lived in a small...

Vines curled around the gears and cogs of the bunker’s door. Flowers and bushes bloomed in the hot sun as Raquelle stood in amazement. She had never seen plants like these before in the Mojave wasteland. She was used to the sparse desert littered with the odd cactus patch; however this bunker had been overgrown with flowers of all colours. As she looked above the door, she noticed a sign stamped with human blood. ‘Beware,...

When the bombs fell around the Earth, decimating the entire world, most of the population were pushed into underground bunkers. However, there were millions of unfortunate beings who were trapped and forced to endure the massive amount of radiation which was released into the atmosphere. Many of the ill-fated took cover in transit tunnels across all major cities in the world. These tunnels protected the inhabitants for a...

Hungry and exhausted from their travels, Ben and Rebecca reached the final abandoned mini-mart in the downtown area of San Francisco. Their faces were dirtied with the dust that flew up from the ground with the strong winds and their clothes were ragged and barely covering their slim bodies. It had been months since they had had something decent enough to fill their stomachs. They had rationed themselves to old bags of sp...

It had been months since Erica had been lowered into the bunker with nine hundred and ninety nine men and zero women, but she was still in disbelief. Nearly all of them had hit on her at least once and several of the men had resorted to homosexuality to fulfil certain needs. At first she hated the thought of being the only woman but after months of constant compliments she was beginning to see the upside to it all. She st...