On this page you will find some flash fiction and short stories for you to download, read and (hopefully) enjoy.
Please note that all downloads are (c) Lee Stoddart. You are free to print one copy of each, read them, and share them with your friends…but please don’t alter them, remove Lee’s copyright assertion or claim them as your own.
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Caught Blue Handed
A jealous and deluded husband wreaks a terrible revenge
Clear Blue Waters
The memory of an early-morning Scottish loch.
Clear Blue Waters – August 2020
The Hero
A reluctant goblin takes on a great hero to try to save her race, with little chance of success.
Lomea
A monk from Canterbury investigates rumours of heresy on the Island of Lomea, just off the ancient port of Sandwich. It’s “flipper-gripping horror!” (Gill Laker)
Johnny in the Waiting Room
Johnny awakes to find himself in an other-worldly waiting room, where his eternal- future is on the line.
Johnny in the Waiting Room – November 2018
From The Diary of Jane Pugin
An horrific re-imagining of the demise of notable Victorian architect and Ramsgatonian Augustus Pugin, with a distinctly Neo-Lovecraftian (?!) flavour.
From the Diary of Jane Pugin – September 2018
The Wanna-Be-Author
The Wanna-Be-Author was Lee’s second piece published by Thanet Writers, telling the frustrations and challenges of breaking free of the nine to five. Originally drafted in 2012, maybe its just a touch autobiographical?
The Wanna Be Author – June 2018
Steamed Punks
Steamed Punks was Lee’s first piece of published flash fiction, courtesy of Thanet Writers. Set in the Margate Literary & Scientific Institute, it never pays to underestimate the curator.
Degrees of Separation
Degrees of Separation was first shortlisted and published in the H.G. Wells Short Story Competition Anthology, Class, in 2015. Two people, separated by class, are fated to love each other.
Degrees of Separation (as published by HGW) – July 2015
Diaspora
Diaspora was Lee’s first published piece. Shortlisted in the 2013 H.G. Wells Short Story Competition, it was included in the Anthology Flight.
Note that the paragraph formatting, grammar and spelling have all been left as per the competition submission in the “unedited” version. If you want to read the corrected version, click on the “as published” version.