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The Summerhouse
Sue Wilsea
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David wants to give his wife Kate everything she didn't have before meeting him: security, a nice home, another baby. He wants to be a good step-dad to Josh and erase the memories of Tom, Kate's first love and Josh's father. But none of this seems enough for Kate and after the birth of their daughter she slips into depression, her only solace the run-down summerhouse at the bottom of their garden. When David discovers what he thinks is her betrayal he sets out on a path of destruction. (The Summerhouse, a novella, was shortlisted for Gateway's New Fictions prize in late 2014)
All Hallows
Cherry Potts
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Keith's obsession with naming things, and with Gerda the newspaper seller outside his office, leads him into danger.
Learning
Jane Rogers
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A grandmother ponders the way her grand-daughter is learning to assess the world. This story owes a debt to Tove Jansson.
Prairie Rain
Cherry Potts
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A flash fiction set on a porch in Illinois
The Absence of Henry Swail
Kathleen Jones
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Henry Swail went missing years ago in peculiar circumstances. No one knows why he left or where he is now. Officially, he’s presumed dead. But who is this strange man asking about him?
Transit
Megan Palmer
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An elderly woman takes her wheelchair-bound husband on a mysterious journey at dawn - but why? Transit is a tale of the power of life-long love, set against the incomprehensible vastness of the universe.
Contributory Culpability
Brindley Hallam Dennis
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Morning walks, an irrational fear, and a story of past, lethal transgression revealed.
Up The Downstairs
Edward Cartner
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A jaded city commuter and office worker is unexpectedly invited to 'break free' from the herd. His joy is short-lived and he is quickly returned to the treadmill. He will never meet her like again. There will be no repetition - or will there?

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