short stories | Lily's Writing Life

Feb 18, 2023

The things we do for love

‘Okay you got your stuff back can I go now?’ Aaron made for the door. James got hold of his arm. ‘Can you sell it legit?’ Aaron rolled...

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Feb 14, 2023

Memorabilia

They'd had a lot of freedom back then. When James started building his collection. They would go anywhere and everywhere at the drop of a...

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Jan 25, 2023

‘Where did Jamie go?’

‘Where did Jamie go?’ Who’s Jamie?’ Layla continued to clear the tables. ‘The Chef, you must remember’. ‘There’s been so many, they float...

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Jan 24, 2023

The inheritance

As he flicked through the letters, a small, handwritten envelope caught his attention. His heart began to thump... The familiar scrawl...

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Jan 23, 2023

After a fashion

In the 1960’s Ivy and Alan bought a shop on the Kings Road to sell second hand clothes and whatever else took their fancy. ‘After a...

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Jan 21, 2023

Adam and Eve

She hadn't meant to scare the child; she didn’t know he was there. The barn was dark. She was hiding from The Master, he had a temper on...

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Jan 20, 2023

Monday

As I entered Professor Althorp’s home the reek of pipe tobacco took me back to my childhood. My grandfather was also a professor, a...

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Jan 19, 2023

The 27

She was going back to a place she'd hoped she would never see again. Her imprisonment lasted five years. Every woman who protested about...

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Jan 17, 2023

The condition

Stan Brown was found wandering in the streets as a two-year-old child. He was taken in and raised by the Browns as one of their own. In...

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Jan 14, 2023

Strathmore House

Betty loved her childhood home on Ancona Street. The property was built as a home for the Earl of Strathmore. His earldom had come by...

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