Sun bursts through the curtains. You wake up, eyes still full of sleep and head still full of dreams. You slowly recognise it is morning as you roll over in the covers to turn off your alarm. Another morning. Another day full of possibility. You look up at the ceiling, feeling the weight of your … More New Day (Stories on a Theme – “Hope”)
You can smell it in the air when you wake. The vicious smell of hopelessness and hatred. You can feel it on your lungs. It aches like a weight, pushing down on every breath, forcing you to struggle. It’s like it wants you to feel the rush of air into your lungs, it wants you … More Fighting (Stories on a Theme – “Hope”)
The world, really, is small. It takes less than a day to fly to the other side of it. It takes barely a heartbeat to send messages across the internet to people all over the world. “Far away” doesn’t exist anymore. Sure, it is not where you live geographically, but it is not far away. … More World (Stories on a Theme – “Travel”)
“Final Stop” the driver called from the front. Lily shook herself from her half-slumber. The bus was empty, always was by the time they reached the last stop. She would know when it was almost time for her stop when the last people got off – the couple who always came home with the tesco … More Final Stop (Stories on a Theme – “Travel”)
To travel is to push the experience of your life outside of the limits of your childhood home. It allows you to see the world through the eyes of people you do not know. Places you visit, different from your own, that teaches you respect of other’s ways of life. It shows you new ways … More Experience – (Stories on a Theme – “Travel”)
“What do you think?” Francesca said, holding up a tiny little elephant. It screamed “Tourist souvenir”, which her mother would hate, but Francesca didn’t care. It was small enough to fit in her luggage home. “An elephant?” Rachel replied, “but we didn’t see elephants?” “Yeh, but it’s cute,” Francesca replied. “You said that about the … More Sourvenir (Stories on a Theme – “Travel”)
New Places breathe life into an existence of routine. New Places gives you a place to dream about, a place to be excited about. A place to go to, physically, to see. Whether by foot, or car, or plane, it gives a place that is different to your normal. A different place to reflect on … More New Places (Stories on a Theme – “Travel”)
“Please prepare for take-off.” The Captain’s voice echoed through the plane. Yasmine squirmed in her seat, barely able to keep in her excitement. Despite the mark, despite the gloves, the stress of it all. Finally, she could travel again. She glanced at her husband. Mark was already asleep, eyes shut, head tilted back in the … More Plane (Stories on a Theme – “Travel”)
Tamsin hoped the bathroom door muffled her tears. That was the curse of being soft, of being emotional, her parents said. The curse of crying when things hurt. Tamsin didn’t agree. Being soft was not a weakness. Feeling her feelings to bottom of the depths of her soul was not a weakness. She hiccupped, grabbing … More Muffled (Stories on a Theme – “Soft”)
It wasn’t a loud feeling that skittered over Yulia’s skin. It was a soft, gentle one that gave her a hint that talking to Marielle would be a good idea. Maybe some would call it fate, but Yulia didn’t ascribe anything to fate. Everything in this metal casket was hard fought for, all the way … More Inkling (Stories on a Theme – “Soft”)
Alex.J.Cobalt 