Cherrypicked stories

“I’m really looking forward to this holiday,” said Julian, as they stepped off the ferry, “Happy Island sounds a hoot.” “Yes,” agreed Anne, “it’s...

This is a story about a young farmer who takes in a destitute girl at the time of the abdication of Edward the VIII and the realisation that war might be imminent. It deals with attitudes to war and the morality of the times.

This is a story about a young farmer who takes in a destitute girl at the time of the abdication of Edward the VIII and the realisation that war might be imminent. It deals with attitudes to war and the morality of the times.

The feet of free verse can be flat But rhyme can scarper like a cat. Beauty, spirit, elegance, Form mirrors feeling - come let's dance. Poetry to...

Once upon a time there was a man, named Armelio, who was so poor that he had no food to eat and so, instead he imagined that he had food and, cooking...

I was 54 when my eardrum burst. I'd had a cold and my ear began to ache on the way to work and then in the middle of a mid-morning meeting I heard a...

When bold Lilith * near Adam lay He tried to force her down that way And she put up resistance.. Her backlash came of rage and fear And she's the...

2016... All things (including us) must pass, some leave traces behind...

He spread the food out over the duvet trying to make up for it. I remember the smell of acrid vinegar from the jar of crinkle sliced beetroot that he...