The Snibbet
Some people move through the world making noise. Thirteen-year-old Leo has learnt to be still. But when an old illustrated book vanishes from the bookshelf, Leo discovers something extraordinary living in the walls of the Victorian house: the Snibbit, a small magical creature that collects beautiful things and understands that silence can be full of meaning. Through carefully preserved fragments from the past, the Snibbit teaches Leo how to navigate a world that isn't built for quiet people.
The Un-Vented Life
Liam is drowning under the pressure of his A-Levels, and his fury is becoming impossible to contain. He's tried everything: ranting to his sister, punishing runs, pushing his body to the limit, but the anger only grows stronger. When his usual coping strategies spectacularly fail him at the worst possible moment, he stumbles upon a scientific truth that changes everything he thought he knew about managing rage. What follows is a journey from destructive heat to careful cooling, and the discovery that sometimes the answer isn't releasing the pressure, it's learning to turn down the flame.
Recursive
As Brian attempts to shape Tobias’s story, the boundaries between creator and character begin to blur, revealing deeper truths about avoidance, shame, and the fragile process of healing. Told with quiet intensity and recursive structure, the piece explores how fiction can become a mirror; and sometimes a conversation, between the writer and the parts of themselves they’re afraid to face.
The Boy On The Bridge
A teenager rebuilding after a breakdown walks the estuary bridge each day, a ritual of solitude and recovery. One October afternoon, they encounter Daniel Keppler, a former bully, standing alone at the railings. Their eyes meet. No words pass. The next day, news arrives: Daniel took his life that night.
Haunted by the encounter, the protagonist begins to sketch: the bridge, the water, Daniel's unknowable final moments. Through ritual and imagination, they process what can never be understood: two damaged people crossing paths at the threshold, each carrying something too heavy to name.
A quiet story about survival, silence, and the weight of witnessing.
The Beach
James retreats to an otherworldly, unchanging beach—his private sanctuary beyond time—to escape the exhaustion and deep anger caused by his physical disability and the opportunities it cost him. His solitude is broken by a mysterious Stranger who forces him to confront his resentment.
The Geometry of Healing
a psychological story about Arthur, a man who has lived for 37 years with disabilities caused by a neurological block. He wakes up one morning to find the block has suddenly and completely healed