The Girl in the Woods – A Ghost’s Story.
Off-Kilter Tales – Book One.
Would you stop if you saw a little girl wandering through the woods in the middle of the night?
Andy Did.
Now he’s dead.
This is Andy’s story
Rat Run – A Post-Apocalyptic Tale
Off-Kilter Tales book two.
With extreme austerity driving everyone but the super wealthy into poverty, Matt joined the revolutionaries in their fight against the UK government.
The previous monuments to political rule were toppled, and London was reduced to rubble …
… but they didn’t win.
It’s ten years later and Matt’s desperate for one last roll of the dice.
Tired of spending his life in hiding, he’s made a promise to himself and his twelve-year-old daughter. They’re going to take control. They’re going to fight back again, and this time they’re going to win.
To fulfil his promise they must reconnect with the remaining revolutionaries.
To find the remaining revolutionaries, they must take to the streets.
With The Elite’s drones on patrol, nowhere is more dangerous than the streets of London …
Rat Run is a dark post-apocalyptic novella.
Mother Knows Best
Off-Kilter Tales Book Three
Accept. Comply. Report.
Three simple words that form the contract between Mother and the citizens of Blade Springs.
Stick to the contract and Mother provides.
She feeds her citizens, houses them, and gives them jobs.
She delivers a highly-curated twenty-four hour entertainment cycle to every citizens’ personal screen, generated from the implants at their temples.
She reads their tells: A twitch of discomfort. A swelling of love. The slight wince of sorrow. She responds with the content they need. Regulates them with a bespoke narrative.
Accept, comply, report, and you’ll never feel misaligned again.
Trust in Mother.
Mother knows when you need to laugh.
When you need to cry.
When you need to feel loved.
Accept Mother knows best and you’ll never want for anything again.
But Renner does want. And no matter how Mother tries, she can’t fill the hole inside him.
He knows what it means to be a citizen of Blade Springs. Understands the consequences of breaking the three-word contract. In his head, he can accept, comply, and report.
It’s his heart that’s the problem …
Mother Knows Best: Off-Kilter Tales Book Three is a sci-fi short story that looks at screen addiction, societal manipulation, and disconnection in a technology-centric world.
This book also contains a bonus short story – The Marshmallow Test.
