Splinter & Bone Short Stories

The Witch's Skull

An audio recording and short cautionary tale told in verse about a witch, a graveyard and some drunken fools.

Oct 31, 2023 • 

John Riley

The Tale of Obadiah Watts

Here is another audio recording, a short cautionary story told in verse.

Oct 18, 2023 • 

John Riley

The Presence

I have never thought the house I lived in was haunted.

Oct 2, 2023 • 

John Riley

September 2023

Val & George

IN AND OUT OF VIEW WAS a grimy moon on the wane.

Sep 18, 2023 • 

John Riley

The Storm Ghosts

DO NOT JUDGE ME MORE THAN A fellow man who expresses his labour through hard sweat and brawn.

Sep 4, 2023 • 

John Riley

August 2023

A Haunting Curiosity

PILL POPPING JESS HEADER made mistakes in his long life. Lost many deals towards the end, big ones as well. I mean making a right old mess of things…

Aug 21, 2023 • 

John Riley

1

Call the Cadaver

Tales for after midnight

Aug 12, 2023 • 

John Riley

1

January 2023

Sam - episode 7

Sam eye-balled the mangled mess of a boy racer wrapped up in car metal before stopping off at the diner.

Jan 28, 2023 • 

John Riley

March 2022

Two Chops - episode 6

She liked up north, liked the ignorance of folk and the over-friendly way to get to know one another.

Mar 22, 2022 • 

John Riley

Sam - episode 5

He never could play the piano, always wanted to, so what a bit of luck when a man with an old battered suitcase turned up on the doorstep.

Mar 21, 2022 • 

John Riley

Two Chops - episode 4

The press named her Hannah the Cannibal; it agreed with her palate, struts her meat in black leathers up north, she was on the game.

Mar 20, 2022 • 

John Riley

Sam - episode 3

The man with the battered suitcase used the name Sam.

Mar 19, 2022 • 

John Riley