I rarely write short stories, but this was an idea that came to me and would not let go.

There are many conflicts in the world today that have been going on for years. For so long, in fact, that many people have forgotten what the roots of the problem are, if they ever knew at all. The thought came to me that if we were to transplant a similar situation into our own homes we might be better able to understand what is going on.

‘The Terrorist’ is set in a parallel world to ours. Similar in many ways, yet subtly different…