{By Catherine Neville} He had wandered into the bookshop for a browse after work. Had thought he might buy her a book to take her mind off things.

{By Anonymous} If I was one of those pelicans in the bay I wouldn’t have to cross on foot, I thought to myself. I could just fly over the bridge and not worry about falling.

{By Adam Behan} We know that people with too much time and money can make these kinds of decisions without repercussions, but this guy had no idea what would be in store if he gave some chimp an Olympia SM-3, a suit and tie, and the 9 to 5 shift on a Thursday.

{By Clodagh Healy} Laura was not going to take the money; how could she? Pity fed the woman.

{By Cillian Barrett} Here, under the green grass-woven waves, the soil breaks into limestone, rock peeking through the broken landscape, stiff-stuck remnants of an ancient age.

{By Connor Gray} Despite the heat, a chill rattled my spine as I thought, any second now, God’s thumb would come spearing through the roof.