On the promenade of a small Lancashire seaside town stands the Bright Water Hotel. It is a strangely familiar place. Behind the faded grandeur of its Victorian facade, the lives of guests, visitors and staff intersect, overlap, inter-connect. People arrive from many different places, and their histories, expectations and experiences are laid bare in this selection of 13 short stories. For some, the Bright Water Hotel is a place of hope but for others the past present and the future collide in unexpected ways. In these stories, the spaces between the comings and goings of a rich cast of...

Fylde Brighter Writers Circle is delighted to showcase the winning stories, poems and for the first time, flash fiction from their 2014 competitions along with a selection of their own writing.
This was our fourth competition and was our most successful
to date, attracting hundreds of entries from all over the globe.
This collection features the winners, Sarah Evans, Andy Humphrey and KM Elkes, along with the best from the competition and the best from the Fylde Brighter Writers themselves.

Fylde Brighter Writers lock the doors, turn down the lights and peek nervously between a gap in the curtains. A selection of our stories to unsettle, unnerve and explore the dimensions beyond the norm

Captain Jose Luis Da Silva and his crew cordially welcome all embarking passengers at Southampton for our cruise to Western Europe and North Africa.