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Phil W. Bayles

Serious ideas from a silly man.

50-Word Stories

9 May, 2026

Cognitive Debt

A Short Story About The Scariest Sentence I’ve Ever Read Continue reading

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5 September, 2025

Love Bite

A 50-Word Horror Story Continue reading

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31 July, 2025

This Time Machine Kills Fascists

A (Very) Short Science-Fiction Story Continue reading

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About The author

Phil W. Bayles has lived in Paris and London, where he’s written everything from movie reviews to mattress adverts. These days he lives in Derbyshire with his wife, his daughter and his cat. He writes very silly stories about very serious ideas, with the occasional poem to mix things up.

But what does the W stand for?

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