Category: Short Pieces

by Daniel Hudon — Heteralocha acutirostris In the early dawn of the land of the land of the long white cloud, the clear, flute-like song of the huia rang ...

by Susie Greenhill   So cold the day the first eggs hatch. A wind the colour of salt and smoke whips across the ledge where you have built your nest. You a...

by Dawn Paul Shorter and shorter days. The sun pours its heat on my back but no longer drives me to find a part of the rock ledge still in shadow. In the long b...

by Dorene O’Brien She was ambling through the woods toward Iceberg Lake when she noticed the hikers and scrambled off the path, her two cubs trailing her dutifu...

by Colin Williams “An Eagle for an Emperor, a Gyrfalcon for a King; a Peregrine for a Prince, and a Saker for a Knight; a Merlin for a lady, a Goshawk for a Yeo...

by Alex Lockwood They must be sacred still to some deity, these geese in a holding pattern over the same pharmaceutical company’s front lawn on which their ance...

by Karen Izod 27th May, Bhaltos, Isle of Lewis I am back at Bhaltos, a small scattering of houses overlooking Phabaigh Mor on the Isle of Lewis. This is the las...