Storystream Shorts Series by Jamie Brindle

The thing about the bag Ted found isn’t that it can float, or even that it can talk. No, what makes the bag really interesting are the things Ted can pull out of it...

Tina is a modern dragon, or at least she struggles to be. She's (mostly) sticking to her diet, she goes to the gym, doesn't lounge on her hoard for (too) long, and she's steadily working through some issues with her therapist. Like the humans and dwarves that recently invaded her home and shot her with an arrow. She didn't like killing them—mostly humans seemed like sad little creatures— but they did attack her and so she destroyed them. Except for the one she locked in the cupboard... moreTina is a modern dragon, or at least she struggles to be. She's (mostly) sticking to her diet, she goes to the gym, doesn't lounge on her hoard for (too) long, and she's steadily working through some issues with her therapist. Like the humans and dwarves that recently invaded her home and shot her with an arrow. She didn't like killing them—mostly humans seemed like sad little creatures— but they did attack her and so she destroyed them. Except for the one she locked in the cupboard. That bit she's still working up to telling her therapist about... less

We all make mistakes. Sometimes, it's the small ones that doom us. A tourist trip around the latest murders in a decaying city, and the street autopsies performed there…a ghost doomed to watch his own murder again and again, until - maybe - he can plot revenge…a suicide bomber in an aeroplane realises that he really isn’t the worst thing in store for the flight… These five short stories chart a journey of terror, strangeness, death and betrayal through the weirdest corners of the imagination... moreWe all make mistakes. Sometimes, it's the small ones that doom us. A tourist trip around the latest murders in a decaying city, and the street autopsies performed there…a ghost doomed to watch his own murder again and again, until - maybe - he can plot revenge…a suicide bomber in an aeroplane realises that he really isn’t the worst thing in store for the flight… These five short stories chart a journey of terror, strangeness, death and betrayal through the weirdest corners of the imagination. Step aboard, take a deep breath, and enjoy…but be warned: sometimes a small mistake is the last one you get to make…. Stories in this collection: Organic Produce A Change Of Destination The Street Autopsies (with Laurie Duthie) Family Secret Synchronicity less

There’s a war going on...…a war for human souls, and the only weapons allowed are whispers and nudges.Do you believe in angels and daemons? It doesn’t really matter, because they believe in you.From innocuous suburban homes where madness festers like rotten meat, to the Gardens of Avalon where the grass is green and the sun always shines; from the corrupt back-alleys of London, to any small American town…they are there.And they’re fighting over you.. moreThere’s a war going on...…a war for human souls, and the only weapons allowed are whispers and nudges.Do you believe in angels and daemons? It doesn’t really matter, because they believe in you.From innocuous suburban homes where madness festers like rotten meat, to the Gardens of Avalon where the grass is green and the sun always shines; from the corrupt back-alleys of London, to any small American town…they are there.And they’re fighting over you...Nathalie is an angel: beautiful, powerful beyond belief and in charge of stopping people from doing anything too evil…as long as she plays by the rules, that is. Free will is considered of upmost importance by the powers that be, and Intervention is frowned upon severely with a plunge to the fires below as punishment.And the daemons? Well, they’re in charge of the tempting, of course. WhenJason, a fallen angel with flawless looks and an even more flawless tailored suit, sets his sights on tempting someone with more to lose than any human, will Nathalie have the strength of will to resist Intervention? And if she does fall, what will become of her?There are things even angels and daemons fear...Nathalie’s journey through sin, temptation, and free will explores how far you are prepared to go to stop good people doing bad things. If you stop someone pulling the trigger, does that mean that in their heart they didn’t commit murder?Sometimes...the best things are done by the worst people. less