Monday, 30 October 2017

Welcome to Gentler Tales


People have told stories since they first developed language. Stories entertain. They also show rather than tell, suggest rather than teach. They are a way of exploring some of life’s questions through the experiences of other people.
     The stories and novellas on this website reflect several genres. Some have a surreal or whimsical element. Even if some seem improbable they may not, perhaps, be impossible in the great scheme of things. But that is for you to decide.

Contents (updated 3 September 2019)

Each story is on a separate page. Click on the story title below to take you to the page. TO RETURN TO THIS INDEX CLICK "HOME" ON THE SIDE BAR OR AT THE FOOT OF EACH PAGE 
In the case of "Church Cameos" there are several mini stories on the one page. Click on the link and then scroll down to find stories you are looking for.

NEW Uncle Peter's strange encounter
A tale of time out of order

The Awakening: failed crops and mystical powers (a novella)

"There's something unusual, mysterious, about that woman."

The voice in the dark: a clerk confronts a mystery in a dark room


Black hole: a cyber attack plunges a region into darkness

The smoking Gnome: an encounter in a shopping arcade

Gray matters - an ordinary-seeming man walks home, unnoticed

The turning of the tide - strange events on the Kent coast


Time to go - an artificially enhanced human in a dystopian future ponders existence


Down fell the President - an academic wrestles with guilt for what he may have done


Power cut - The light went out and the playback began


Church cameos


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Welcome to Gentler Tales