Daniel Harris

“The end of an era and the start of the beginning of it all” by Daniel Harris

Submitted to Contest #91

Thelma typed away at her computer, feeling just as bored as the email she was sending with her reasons. Opening the top drawer of the desk for a sticky note her eyes fell upon a date stamp, a barcode scanner and an ink pad, according to the return date they hadn’t been used for at least ten years. The policy used to be that people could borrow books for up to three weeks and renew them up to five times if they weren’t on the waiting list.  Thelma took a sip of her fruit tea and set the mug down, it was true, nobody was really supposed...

8 likes 0 comments 0

Read story

“Copse Valley” by Daniel Harris

Submitted to Contest #89

He stood before the pile of his wife’s cooking and poked some onto a fork, then after pulling a fly off the end with his teeth he spat it in the direction of the setting sun. The fly did not move as it hit the ground, there was a good chance it was knocked out.The man listened intently for irregular sounds, tonight could be the night they were in town, he’d sworn to make them pay.“Somethin’ on yer mind Bruce?” Asked the lady dining with him.Bruce scratched his moustache and withdrew his gaze from the yard “Jes expectin’ trouble.” He said.&nb...

11 likes 0 comments 0

Read story

“The Inspector Returns” by Daniel Harris

The Inspector ReturnsThe living room dining suite was filled with life, life as you’d expect it from your typical post marriage family. Ella, the mother, was trying to communicate with her husband; Marcus however was watching television and missed as he threw popcorn onto his nose and lost it to the dog before it hit the floor.The children were tucked away with beers and takeaway hot wings and had become desensitised to the world around them. The phone rang and Marcus left in the middle of his wife’s sentence to answer it. He returned b...

0 likes 0 comments 0

Read story

“Earth, Wind, Fire & Water” by Daniel Harris

Submitted to Contest #83

The sea bubbled and frothed in a deep purple haze as yet another powerful morning sun glaring down upon the dead landscape. A torrent of crystal rain would be more than enough to persuade this creature to leave the sea.  It drifted lazily towards the plasma’s edge and slunk up onto the shore, resembling that of a river bank; it sat there, a conscious puddle barely aware of the world outside this one. These creature had no names and were not yet discovered by other species if indeed they did exist. The creature twisted shape and merged...

5 likes 0 comments 0

Read story

“Fine Dining” by Daniel Harris

Submitted to Contest #81

Fine DiningSebastian approached the doorman nervously straightening the cuffs of his suit even though they were perfectly straight. “Can I help you sir?” Said the doorman raising his hands to handle heightSebastian’s fingers slipped on one of his buttons “Um yes, I’m uh, here for lunch” he fumbled within his pocket for a paper form.“No need for identification sir, but may I take your name?”Sebastian quoted his full name, whilst the doorman checked his computer inside the lobby. His moustache curled.“I’m sorry sir, but we have no reserva...

6 likes 0 comments 0

Read story

“Finding Fun, with a Troubled Mind” by Daniel Harris

Submitted to Contest #78

Hobbies. Chores with a different name, that’s all they were to Cedric after he’d accidentally broken his X-box! The copious amount of pizza grease and nachos grinding on the console and the control buttons would, of course, have his mother shouting every other night that he should join his friends outside and have fun… But Cedric knew that all his friends would be online, the playground would be empty and he was not a loner despite what the school bully kept telling him! His mother was shouting something throughout the house… wait, what’s ...

6 likes 1 comment 1

Read story

“The Abandoned Winter Cabin ” by Daniel Harris

Submitted to Contest #77

The latest patient stretched her arms and felt her surroundings before remembering where she was, and what had happened the night before… but she couldn’t. “Ah, you’re awake” said the doctor “I was beginning to worry” The girl blinked a few times trying to remember who she was but she didn’t seem to be having much luck with that either. “I have to ask, why am I here, have we…” she quickly checked beside her bed for any unmentionables “it’s alright, I just don’t remember” “We haven’t met, but we were travelling together, I’m trained i...

4 likes 0 comments 0

Read story