Mark Brown lives in Lancashire with his wife Catherine and their cat Oscar. Having worked in Education for the last ten years, he finds writing short stories a way of escaping the daily grind.
Apart from the odd reader’s letter, Mark has never had anything published or had the confidence to share his writing with anyone outside of the home, his wife and cat his only audience. Homecoming is the opening to a story he has carried around with him since he was a teenager. It is the story of a young man called Will who has been inadvertently snatched by aliens and who has finally found a way back to Earth in search of his sweetheart, with a few new friends along for the ride.
There was a bright flash of lightand what sounded like a loud crack of thunder as the spacecraft suddenly appearedand soared through the early evening sky.The rain, whilst not heavy,was thick andthe sky a foreboding grey.The spacecraft dropped lower and loweruntil it was only feet above the oceancausing a small partingon the surface of the wateras it streaked above it.The pilot moved his right hand over the various controlsas his left hand stayed steady on the control stick, keeping the craft just above the water. By nowwater was spraying up onto the cockpit windowobscuring his view somewhatbut not enough for him to worryhis calmness belying his young age.He pushed the control stick forward and the hum of the ship’s engine got louder as his speed increased.
