Archive - Tales at Twilight

Holiday reading from some of my favourite Substacks.

Aug 3 •

July 2025

A Ripple in the Water

Of all the animals and birds that called the river home, the otters were the shyest...

Jul 22 •

One Moonlit Night

I said I’d call an Uber, but once I was outside, I changed my mind...

Jul 14 •

June 2025

She turned left and then left again. Ten minutes later, she was lost and a tree in front of her was on fire.

Jun 30 •

Down on the Farm

Mrs Buxton smiled again. Her lipstick was the same shade of red as her nails, and there was a smear on her front teeth that reminded Lydia of congealed…

Jun 9 •

May 2025

The Last Supper

The divorce papers were spread across the table and Peter signed in an illegible scrawl that looked as if a spider with inky feet had scuttled across…

May 26 •

Why had she joked about the room being haunted? It seemed amusing when Ted was awake, but now she was alert to every creak and groan as the storm…

May 5 •

April 2025

An egg based story for Easter.

Apr 19 •

Jo was only twenty-one, but he knew getting old was no picnic...

Apr 9 •

March 2025

The grief counsellor had warned Nora something like this might happen...

Mar 22 •

The Bathing Pool

We hid when we heard the men. Their voices sent us scurrying into the trees, clutching our clothes.

Mar 13 •

February 2025

Phaedrus and Calista

All he wanted was a kiss. It wasn’t his fault she wasn’t paying attention when she pushed him away...

Feb 27 •

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