A bit of flash fiction today. Not entirely fictional…! 8pm. Great, baby asleep in good time. Should really go to bed now, but I’ll just have five minutes first. Ooh, there’s a repeat of that show I missed the other night. Right, I’ll make a cuppa and watch that; it’s only half an hour… 9.30pm. [...]
Category > Short Stories
Pier Pressure
A short story for today’s post. Ever noticed how those kids’ rides that are supposed to look like smiley dolphins or whatever look dead creepy when there’s no kids around? Or even when there are, come to think of it. Big painted eyes stare mockingly at you and the wide fixed grin stretches from one [...]
Some Life, Somewhere
I love the idea of chapbooks. Those small, cheap pamphlet-type books that are produced purely because the writer just wanted to get their work out there. Because they felt they had something important to say, or they wanted to express themselves through poetry or prose, or to record some part of their family’s history or [...]
Stuck in the Mud
The woman tried to move her feet. However much she wriggled and jiggled her legs, they wouldn’t free. She stood up straight, hands pushing into the small of her back, closing her eyes with a weary sigh. On every side the world moved around the mud puddle. Children danced and ran, energy pouring out of [...]
A Not So Perfect Interview with Nik Perring
Recently I won a draw on Bah! To Cancer’s blog for a signed copy of a book of short stories by Nik Perring, Not So Perfect. By the way, if you haven’t visited Bah! to Cancer before, pop over now and have a look, it’s a great site. No, not now, I’ll never get you [...]
Cold Calling
The phone rang for the hundredth time. I sighed, put down the iron, and answered the call. “Good afternoon!” a false, cheerful voice rang out. “Could I speak to the homeowner please?” “I’m a tenant,” I said dourly. “Ah!” The Voice never faltered. “In that case, can I just ask if you have taken out [...]
Moving On
I wasn’t intending to do a Friday Flash this week but there you go! Hope you like it. Moving On I turned and looked at the hospice I had just left. A family were also leaving, huddled together. The women were openly sobbing, the men had tears coursing down cheeks that were as tense and [...]
Friday Flashing
I’ve meant, for a couple of weeks, to have a go at the #FridayFlash meme on Twitter. I don’t know if you sign up to anywhere – if anyone knows, can you let me know in the comments please? Much appreciated. Anyway, the following conversation took place yesterday on Twitter between me and @alisonwells (whose [...]