J92 - Stories

Poem created after a very long walk.

Poem written after another long walk.

A honest conversation between two teenagers who find themselves sat together inside a giant wardrobe at a house party.

Sammy is working their shift at the charity call centre when they starts speaking with a frequent caller called Tom, a vulnerable teenager, someone they try to help.

The story of how three very different police officers not only end up sharing a house but becoming really close friends, despite all that goes against them.

Tom wakes up in a UK hospital and has no memory of who he is. The more he finds out about who he is supposed to be, the more disappointed he is, and he can’t seem to shake off the fact he feels he has a historic connection with the Sikh male nurse that is supporting him.

Outside the human world there are two kingdoms, Phaenomenon and Damp Cook, they both perform plays to giants who take their stories from these kingdoms and pass them onto certain humans, inspiring the creation of ‘fairy-tales’. Both kingdoms have strict training camps, Phaenomenon designing perfect good guys, handsome princes and princesses and Damp Cook designing and training up the best bad guys, evil wizards and witches. There is always a good guy, and there is always a bad guy. But between these kingdoms is a hidden garden, where a young prince and young wizard accidentally meet, and it all changes from there.

Thomas has his own secrets from his past, who he used to be. Zack, Thomas's manager at work, has his own secrets too, with his health declining. At first, they both support each other in their secrets, physically and mentally. However, things get a lot more complicated when they begin to develop feelings for each other and Thomas's past gets more violently involved in his present and Zack's health keeps getting worse. Can they be there for each other, despite all that life throws at them?

Nineteen-year-old Dustin has been invited on a backpacking adventure with his friends and they end up in Norway. Dustin harbours a secret love for his best friend’s boyfriend. Whilst on this adventure, Dustin is kidnapped and has to fight for his life against a psychopath. Can Dustin hold onto this impossible resilience in the darkest moments, will he survive and are there any other secrets Dustin holds?

Kalum dealing with his bullying identical twin brother Jasper. Jasper controls everything that Kalum does and no one ever sees what’s really going on, until a new kid, Robert, joins the school. Robert makes Kalum question who he is as a person. Whilst this is ongoing, Kalum starts remembering parts of an accident he had when he was six years old. The more he tries to make sense of how he really feels about Robert and the more he tries to remember his accident the more aggressive and worse Jasper gets. As more insane memories come flooding back to Kalum, the more unexpected turns him and his friends face.