CATCH 10

Female British Author Chris Cutts releases CATCH 10, a compilation of 10 short stories designed to be read on the fly for example: commuting on the tube, lunch breaks, holidays or just enjoy reading something new..!

Each story completely unique from the next, absorbing and often ending with a twist...set across a broad range of moods including romance, mystery, history and fantasy...

Titles & Synopsis:

A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE - Historical (12th Century AD)

Philippe de Montré’s Spanish friend Juan Ferreira, a seafaring trader, has recently lost his wife. Philippe offers Juan, Leonora, his 15 year old daughter’s hand in marriage. Among Juan’s crew is a sailor, Louis, who had taught Leonora to ride. He suddenly left to join Juan’s crew. Why did he leave? Would Louis tell her about the man she must wed, and why he had suddenly left for a life at sea?

AN UNEXPECTED LETTER - Family

After the death of his alcoholic father 23 year old Tom Jackson, had now lived alone in their shabby council house for two years. When a letter appears one day addressed to Thomas Percival Jackson Esquire it is only by good luck or fortune that he actually notices it. Percival! The name he had disowned since childhood and thought he would never hear again.

KEEPING HARMONY - General

Olive lives in a Residential Home, very happy with the compatible ‘inmates’ who shared the home. Then one day she answers the doorbell and opens the door to a man looking for a home for his elderly mother. To her eyes the man looks stuffy. Would his mother fit in she wondered? There was one person who would find out…

FOREVER YOUNG - General (from a friend’s idea)

John, James and Steve meet up regularly for a drink and to reminisce about their college days and the plans they once made for the future. Did their plans work out? Or did they fall by the wayside?

FOR THE LOVE OF ART - Romance

Mandy’s daughter, Katy is on a gap year touring Europe’s art centres prior to starting an Art degree When a week passes without hearing from Katy, Mandy’s sister, Stephanie, a budding film star filming in Morocco, offers to persuade her latest lover to go with her to Italy to search for her niece.

THOSE BOYHOOD DAYS - General (from a friend’s idea)

London, ten years after the Second World War… Owen is one of a gang of five friends used to fending for themselves while seeking a better future. A hidden stash found one day may help them find a better life. But can they keep it secret?

THE CROFT - Family

Andrew McTavish left Scotland many years ago vowing never to return, until the day his daughter changes his mind. Will a visit bring back unwanted memories? Or will it clear the air?

GLOBE OF AGES - Fantasy

Ages ago a globe is given to a man by a stranger. It has the power to heal in the right hands, or the power to destroy held in the wrong hands. Follow its journey through time…

RAINBOW’S END - Romance

Colin believes his friend Joe should let the memory of his girlfriend go but Joe won’t believe she is not coming back. Will Colin’s idea persuade him to change his mind?

LAID TO REST - Romance

Lucy Jackson pays a visit to her childhood home. The home that still holds bitter memories of a time she cannot put behind her. Can the visit put the past to rest.



Approx 10 hours of reading at an average reading speed...

Catch 10 Volume 2 to follow shortly...