Cherrypicked stories

A cock-eyed chef’s hat and a tired apron all askew, a small wooden bowl and spoon and …

A tongue-in-cheek story about an over populated technological world in two parts (updated from a previous post) ------ Ouroboros symbol from Wiki Commons

The ‘real’ Henry VIII has come to modern Britain to get healed and ‘fixed’ by the NHS, while intrepid Alfred Muggins takes his place as a ‘caretaker’ King in the 16 th Century. The ‘real’ Henry is learning a lot about the state of society and politics in modern Great Britain, and Europe!

I won't need much in the afterlife.

commas wait for speech, in thickening stillness wriggle, as possibilities shrink to silt in sun's incomprehension for small ink black slinkings...

I’m a tiny round egg in the Sargasso sea, and hatch to be leaf-like, on currents I float eastward to a continent very remote, many get eaten, but for...

At large in Amsterdam. - 500 words - Image from Pixabay

When you close your eyes…do you see angels? Angel Light Glistening echoes of celestial beings, shards of light shimmer - backlit skies draped in...

A few days ago I had a letter from the hospital, my first thought was, I’m no longer on the waiting list, my appointment for physiotherapy re my...