By Jonathan Crane

Jonathan Crane is a writer living in Wivenhoe, England. He is currently working on a story cycle intended for publication in 2019. He teaches creative writing at the University of Essex and works with the charity Safe Ground to deliver flash fiction workshops in London prisons. Before he undertook a Ph.D. in Creative Writing he was a professional musician, publishing with West One Music.


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A Planted Flag

  The December afternoon had closed in. It was dark already. As she trailed him up the short path, she glanced at the miniature Christmas tree glittering in the bay window. Darren reached out, pressed the doorbell.             ‘It’s a very desirable area, this,’ he said over his shoulder. ‘Don’t stay on the market long.’…