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
Tag Archives: short story
There’s Still Time #blogbattle
This was written as a response to the latest #blogbattle monthly prompt which can be found here. So many of man’s innovations have their roots in accidents. Penicillin for instance. One, however arose from a circularity, an accidental glimpse of … Continue reading
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Blog Battle, One Heck Of A Prompt
I try and do some short fiction pieces on this blog and for that, often rely on the stimulus that prompt’s give me. I still take part in Charli Mills’ weekly offerings at the carrot ranch but one of the … Continue reading
Advent Calendar, Part Two #shortstory #christmas
This first appeared on Sally Cronin’s splendid blog, here, but I’ve repeated here, in case you’ve not seen it yet. Gilly looked awful at breakfast. ‘I had the weirdest dreams, about you and me and chocolate.’ ‘Shouldn’t eat cheese late … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: Part One #shortstory #christmas
This two parter first appeared on Sally Cronin’s splendid blog, here. I’ve set it out in full in case you missed it first time around. ‘What is it, Mum?’ Emily Smith, fourteen, looked up from her book. Gilly, her mother, … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 4
Parts 1 to 3 can be found over the last three ways; today we conclude. Roland did well not to throw a sickie. He maintained a small and dwindling hope that there’d be nothing waiting for him but even as … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 3
Parts 1 and 2 were over the last two days; last part, part 4, tomorrow Another week passed and Roland found himself approaching no 25 again. This time he smiled, remembering how he’d put that wind up merchant in his … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 2
Part 1 was yesterday A week later and Roland walked ahead of the cart to where no 25’s bins awaited. All week he’d tried to convince himself that he’d imagined the hairy thing that spoke immaculate English. It couldn’t have … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 1
This is sort of written for the #blogbattle, but then it didn’t end at 1000 words so I’ve broken it into four parts to be spread over four days. Next installment tomorrow Roland tugged the grubby garbage bin away from … Continue reading
Death And The Harvest #blogbattle #shortstory
‘Are you awake, Mrs Pelligonium?’ Doctor Crimson Atak kept his eyes on the monitors. He wasn’t surprised by either the lack of response, nor the messages conveyed by the myriad machines. He nodded to the nurse on the other side … Continue reading
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Ghost Story
‘Catch me!’ Just the wind in the trees. Another ‘fake’ memory, they’d have said. ‘Come on.’ She tugged at his hand. She wanted to understand. He released the brakes of two decades. ‘Is this it?’ Was it? Twenty years of … Continue reading
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