tobtella Stories


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The Last Session

Two old mates. One's dead, the other ancient.

A genie, some whisky bottles, and two guitars.

Can music rekindle what time stole.

Word count: 4,671

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The School

A dreaded maths lesson becomes even more so.

Set in a grim secondary school in 1984, The School follows two pupils who notice that something is terribly wrong.

One by one, their classmates are disappearing — and no one else is noticing.

Word count: 11,050

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The Girl Before Ruby

Every man wanted her, every woman wanted to be her.

New York 1974 – Penny Carey and her band Ruby, are on the verge of international fame.

A stranger with a stolen secret wants her.

A man who shouldn't be there...

Word count: 10,337

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The Man Who Could

One punch changed everything.

Terry Edwards finds out he's unstoppable — bullets bounce and fists fail.

He becomes Britain's most powerful man overnight.

But how does the world deal with a man with no limits?

Word count: 22,351

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Ever Seen An Angry Dalek

One Rel you're happily exterminating slacking miners; the next, you're shot into a time/space war without so much as a “Would you mind?”

As if that wasn’t bad enough, a million, stupid blue police boxes show up, creating a situation of unlimited rice pudding which causes ‘Our Dalek’ to be flung into parts of the universe not yet created.

Now, vastly overpowered, ‘Our Dalek’ concentrates on what he/she/it knows best: hatred for the Doctor, and good food.

Warning: Contains extreme extermination, mild time travel, and Dalek cussing.

Word count: N/A

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Two Little Boys - FREE

A single moment on a cold beach binds two boys together for life.

One's a big boy, the other's not.

One's filled with despair, the other's not.

Their paths diverge and return in a way neither could have foreseen.

Word count: 4,482

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Frankly Speaking

Matt wanted a quiet pint — instead he got a drunken genie named Frank.

Three wishes, unlimited chaos, and absolutely no guidance.

Every choice comes with consequences and contractual traps.

A funny, magical, whisky-soaked tale, of what to wish for.

Word count: 10,208

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As You Wish

Carl Spane, multi-millionaire. A self made man with a heart of stone, a man who needs nothing. So why would a Genie, called ‘Frank’ cross paths and grant him three wishes?

Carl thinks he’s found his greatest acquisition yet — a Genie with endless magic.

But dealing with a Genie who interprets wishes, literally, means clever thinking is required. Something Carl is very good at.

As You Wish is a darkly comedic tale of greed, power and magic combined.

Word count: NA

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Frankly Sad

Frank is used to difficult wishes. Foolish ones, selfish ones, impossible ones. He handles them all with whisky, charm, and a hearty shrug of the shoulders.

But when his bottle ends up in a children's hospital ward, Frank meets Claire — four years old, and more grace than anyone he has ever encountered.

She has three wishes and absolutely no idea what that really means.

Frankly Sad is the third story in the Frank series. Some stories stay with you longer than others. This is one of those.

Word count: NA

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