The Moment Before the Knock is a quiet, intimate short story set over a single morning, where memory and habit collide. As a man goes through the ritual of making coffee, the traces of a relationship surface—not through dramatic events, but through scent, routine, and absence.
Moving between one present moment and the life that once filled it, the story explores how love lingers in ordinary spaces, and how endings are often felt long before they are confirmed. It is a meditation on intimacy,...
In a city shaped by books and memory, a small and seemingly ordinary discovery unsettles something Alice thought she understood about herself. What should feel familiar instead lingers — quietly insistent, difficult to dismiss, and impossible to name.
As the day unfolds, the city remains unchanged, yet Alice’s sense of certainty begins to loosen. The line between past and present blurs, and the objects she trusts most take on an unexpected weight, as if carrying traces of a life only half...
Under the shadow of Angkor Wat, a man travelling alone drifts through the heat and dust of Siem Reap, settling into the unhurried rhythm of long lunches and late afternoons. In a place shaped by passing travellers and temporary lives, a brief connection begins to take form — unannounced, unplanned, and quietly charged.
As the day slips toward evening, the story lingers on anticipation, restraint, and the delicate balance between what is felt and what is acted upon. Set against the faded...
At a Different Pace is a reflective short story about movement, timing, and the subtle ways understanding takes shape.
Set along The Camino de Santiago, the story follows two people sharing the same physical journey while gradually sensing that they are not experiencing it in quite the same way. The day unfolds through walking, routine, and silence, allowing small observations to surface and familiar assumptions to loosen.
Rather than relying on overt turning points, the story lingers in...
Almost Mine is a quiet, atmospheric short story about coincidence, restraint, and the fragile nature of possibility.
An unexpected moment interrupts the narrator’s routine, setting off a day coloured by anticipation and small, private hope. As he moves through familiar streets, cafés, and stairwells, ordinary details begin to carry new weight, charged by the sense that something meaningful might be unfolding just beyond his line of sight.
Rather than building toward revelation, the story...
In the rain-slicked backstreets of Montmartre, a self-appointed guide to the secret muses of Paris draws his struggling writer friend into a late-night search for inspiration. He promises an encounter with the elusive Green Fairy — a mythic force said to awaken artistic genius — and what begins as amused scepticism slowly tips into something far more dangerous.
Over the course of one intoxicating night in a hidden Belle Époque salon, a single sip of emerald-hued liquid blurs the line between...