Stories

Its inquisitive eye ...

My Uncle George was known in the family as ‘The fix it man’. Whenever anything broke in our house my mam would send me along to Uncle...

Girl in the meadow picture prompt

‘Clarissa, come along dear, grandma is here and we’re about to have tea.’ Clarissa didn’t hear. She was sat in the meadow dreaming of the...

Pain Veil Stillness

Nine women in black. The veils covering their faces masking the pain. There was an eerie stillness on the hill as the coffins were...

She looked like a fairy

She looked like a fairy as if she was the best-behaved child in the place. She ran into the melee, her face a picture of delight. I shut...

Write about a character who is changed by someone they meet on a journey

He was sat there outside the store every morning before they opened, every lunchtime and every evening at closing time. He wasn’t a hobo....

Recovery would be slow.

Andrew insisted Gail go with him as he dove back into the lake. Practising scuba diving here was a change from the local swimming pool....

Skeleton Smoke Useless

‘Smoking kills, you must know that everybody knows that.’ Ruth gave her father his cigarettes. ‘Stop buying him fags then.’ John took a...

It followed me home

The thought of Jake's discovery hung around me. It followed me home. The police came quickly after my call. They cordoned off the area....

Water picture prompt

MaryAnn could never tire of this view. Living here was such a privilege. A sharp contrast to the life she left behind in the city. Jake...

She is falling

She is falling. I can’t stop her. She swims towards the ground. Legs and arms trying to gain some direction. Gasps from below. I see...

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