Cherrypicked stories
Persephone's first day
I came from darkness into darkness from walls of Earth, veined halls seeping mesh of fresh water down, along, down sought and silent-supped by...
- Read more about Persephone's first day
- 20 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 5999 reads
Friday Night at Zhivago’s
Stolen from him at the college disco under a neon moon and Tainted Love. The dance floor became a crime scene. For here was the kiss of the century...
- Read more about Friday Night at Zhivago’s
- Log in to post comments
- 428 reads
nothing more than saltwater
nothing more than saltwater at school i was told, with cudgel control by those claiming to educate all the things that make britain great: a common-...
- Read more about nothing more than saltwater
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1060 reads
Non, je ne regrette rien! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 4)
In which Archibald revels in foreign parts and Josiah makes a stand!
- Read more about Non, je ne regrette rien! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 4)
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1380 reads
Is this what you wanted for Valentine's Day?
Sometimes metaphors can create communication problems.
- Read more about Is this what you wanted for Valentine's Day?
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1142 reads
Mr Smith
This came out of nowhere; but I imagine it was Stevie Smith's influence.
- Read more about Mr Smith
- 6 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1723 reads
For The Love Of Village Life
Dear diary... From heart of Shire where I was born, no rush to grow away from black and white memories; those sinuous lanes I knew well, are now...
- Read more about For The Love Of Village Life
- 24 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 14923 reads
Any Old Jerusalem
On the laps of our beloved smoking mothers –
- Read more about Any Old Jerusalem
- 10 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2558 reads
I Thought I Told You...
A faulty handbrake - but that's not all...
- Read more about I Thought I Told You...
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 804 reads
Love me, love me not: some alternative Valentine’s Day thoughts
With Nurse Phyllis Crane (Linda Bassett, Call the Midwife ) and Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley ) flying the flag for older...
- Read more about Love me, love me not: some alternative Valentine’s Day thoughts
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 1408 reads
Let's Dance
Go on, let's image source: James Vaughan, flicker.com Image Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
- Read more about Let's Dance
- Log in to post comments
- 647 reads
These are the Legs I Ordered.
These are the legs I ordered The ones I’ve always wanted Strong with shape and form Little in the way of wobble An ideal length with two knees Like...
- Read more about These are the Legs I Ordered.
- 20 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 6738 reads
Waiting for the Flyers (Sally ten years on)
I decided to post this as a "taster" as possible sequel to Trials of an Angel
- Read more about Waiting for the Flyers (Sally ten years on)
- 10 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2640 reads
Exeter to Teignmouth, Off Peak Day Return
Lemon fern and spear grass thrive after recent storms/ the cliff top is netted to stop it crumbling to dust.
- Read more about Exeter to Teignmouth, Off Peak Day Return
- 10 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2247 reads
Click-Track For A Life’s Movie
The click track was sufficiently useful as a synchronization tool that it became part of standard recording technology, whether for films, radio or other sound recording and the click track was applied to one of the tracks on a multitrack tape recorder. From wikipedia.org
- Read more about Click-Track For A Life’s Movie
- Log in to post comments
- 489 reads
The bones are all right
He’s so angry about the future Buffeted by changes he can’t stop Stomach tightens at mass immigration Hamstrings snap outside Romanian shops His...
- Read more about The bones are all right
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 726 reads
Execution
10pm, outside the London Overground at Walthamstow Queens Road an incandescent man shouts into his mobile phone “I’m going to take her fucking head...
- Read more about Execution
- 1 comment
- Log in to post comments
- 901 reads
Death and Taxis! (The Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 3)
In which Archibald returns to consciousness and Josiah says something he shouldn't!
- Read more about Death and Taxis! (The Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 3)
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1319 reads
You're Fine; Try Harder
'No gluten, no caffeine, no lactose, no stress, All your own fault is this illness. Try yoga, meditation and peppermint tea, And all sorts of potions...
- Read more about You're Fine; Try Harder
- 5 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1197 reads
For As Long As
For my parents. image is PD.
- Read more about For As Long As
- 5 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1719 reads