- Forever by Wilhite
- PTSD by MacLeod
- No More Than a Battered Tennis Ball by Haigh
- Interior Redesign by Connaughton
- The Plates by Heartz
- A Haunting Feeling by Stephenson
No More Than a Battered Tennis Ball
By Liz Haigh
Many knew she was ill and they tried to help, but their actions were as effective as a fist punch inside a bucket full of water. Some lived in blissful ignorance their whole lives, while others knew everything but chose not to give a damn, letting their children or their children's children sort it out.
The day came when key scientists in Geneva discovered she'd actually died some time ago. Most ignored their revelations. People laughed and called them, 'the professors of doom.' But the truth was they were living on her corpse like flies on a carcass.
When her body became so frail it could no longer sit on its axis, when she was no more than a giant battered tennis ball, rolling into the infinite blackness, only then were the cynics silenced.
BIO:
Liz Haigh works at a university library, which is her dream job because she loves books. Her work has appeared in a number of on-line journals such as, Foundling Review, Linnet's wings, Apollo's Lyre and The Legendary. She has also appeared in print in several UK publications such as Delivered and various women's magazines. She is currently working on a novel for young adults.