The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: miscellany
Pyramid Stealing – Part Four #shortstory #instalments
I started this story on a whim. It’s gritty and urban and not to be read immediately after a meal . This is part four and Paige is in trouble… Stupid stupid, she told herself and kept running, not daring … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, Paige and Mia, short story
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A Meeting Of Minds #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is here, now being run by KL Carey, on Sue Vincent’s behalf The Eastwick Parish Council members took their seats and stared across at their opposite numbers. Since the merger of East and West Eastwick’s municipal … Continue reading
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Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, flash fiction, humour
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Spring Has Sprung
There are many signs of spring that I love. For me it’s not a date in the calendar but a A daffodil A showing from the magnolias But most of all it’s when we see the first sign of March … Continue reading
A Word Of Memory
There’s this police drama that is big in the UK. Line of Duty is now into its sixth series and has a tremendous reputation. One thing it doesn’t do is treat its audience as unintelligent so you have to stay … Continue reading
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Casting Around For The Right God #writephoto #humour #creativewriting
This week’s #writephoto prompt is this picture Christopher Cholmeldley St John Plankton pinched the bridge of his nose. He would not give in to the migraine that was beginning to batter the back of his eyes. He forced himself to … Continue reading
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Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, humour
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Pyramid Stealing: Part 3 #shortstory #instalments
A short piece or grungy urban fiction, with some adult themes. This is part 3 and Paige Turner has left her terrified friend Mia to take the money and gun they found to put it back by the charity shop. … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, fiction, miscellany, short story
Tagged flash fiction, instalments, short story
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The Comeuppance #writephoto
It’s hard to move on. #writephoto has been stimulating nonsense from me for years and I will always be grateful to Sue Vincent for her wonderful back catalogue of pictures she used. But now, tide and time have denied her … Continue reading
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Tagged #writephoto, creative writing, humour
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Pyramid Stealing Part Two #shortfiction
This is a continuation of a short story I started recently. It has some adult themes, if you are feeling a little sensitive. In part one Paige and Mia found some Euros and a gun in a bag of old … Continue reading
A Fragmented Tale #blogbattle #shortfiction
This month’s #blogbattle prompt, here, is ‘fragment’. Please join in… ‘Yes sergeant?’ ‘Got the forensics back on the fragment, sir.’ Inspector Pertwee Chillblain leant back in his chair and allowed his stomach some room to distend. ‘Go on.’ Sergeant Beige … Continue reading
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Tagged blog battle, creative writing, fairy tales, humour
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Pyramid Stealing #shortfiction
Just trying something different here. I guess I need to continue it. Let me know if you think you’d like to hear more of these two. Oh and it’s pretty adult in the language stakes, just so you know…. Mia … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, drugs, short story, thriller
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