Read

Cherry

Aspect of Me

in the quiet dark, wondering and waiting. how many versions, how many aspects of myself have I created? childhood offspring and sibling, obedient and...
1 likes
Gold cherry

The Way We Heard - Killing in the Name

In December 2009 the number one record in the UK singles chart was Killing in the Name, by the Californian band, Rage Against the Machine. It was a protest song about police brutality, systemic racism, and state abuse of power, though this story is about buying chocolate at a London tube station. It also became my favourite Christmas song.
1 likes

Banished To Earth Book Two, Ravaged Earth (36)

Chapter 65 123 After retrieving Davin’s duster and pistol from his bedroom, he shifted right back to the barrier. They were facing it when he stepped...

Stepping Stones

I had intended to chart the course of my life by identifying the 'stepping stones' of my most embarrassing moments. As the memories surfaced in ever...
Cherry

Mildred Silkthorn

(I pulled Mildred out of the depths of my writing folder. Reworked and expanded it. The show vs tell was slightly harder with this one. There was...
3 likes

Ants

Another episode echoes through this place you made. The garden through the glass divide is painfully alive. On this side you set down poison for the...
Cherry

Relatively speaking

It wasn’t long ago. Not in the grand scheme of things. but within our lifetimes, I suppose it is nearly half a lifetime ago, which relatively...
1 likes
Cherry

Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 10.

Chapter 10. An evening in the Inn. Amanderella had climbed halfway back up the terraces when she felt the first pinprick of moisture on her cheek...
1 likes
Cherry

The Shadow Chapter 11.

Chapter Eleven. Barford Again. The journey back down the mountain was hard and slow. Aidan told the royal couple all that he could remember of his...
1 likes
Cherry

Chrysalis

A poem celebrating metamorphosis, one of nature's greatest wonders.

If you think it would help

(photo taken by me)
2 likes

Soon Transformation!!

A podgy caterpillar changes, rearranges – … display of supernatural ability and skilled designing
Cherry

morphosis too

She found the perfect hiding place. You listened. A summer’s day warmth in the smell of rotting food from the bins and the circling seagulls cries...
2 likes
Gold cherry

Metamorphosis

When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed, into a duck. It wasn’t a breed of duck he...
1 likes
Gold cherry
Poem of the week

The Drove

Over the hard mountain, we, the herd, pitifully bellow, but those that drive us have no pity. The only thing they say, as a sop to our understanding...
3 likes

Chapter 10 - Unity prevails

Lumen opened his eyes, blinking to get used to the fire’s dim light shining like a beacon in the darkness. The heat. On his face. On his arms. Embers...

This glass house I live in

Try me, Put my mind on display I'll not make a scene Though it feels like it’s see through. Or set it at ease- Pull the blinds on the window Lay it...

Lady Of The Sidewalks

Lady Of The Sidewalks By Paul McCann Lady of the sidewalks help those lonely people who try to hide be like the shadow standing at their side , when...
Cherry

Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 9.

Chapter 9. Down to the Sea. The gardens stretched ahead of her in a long, gentle slope, each terrace a little lower than the last, like giant steps...
1 likes
Cherry

The Shadow Chapter 10.

Chapter Ten. Recognition. Aidan pushed his way through the thick air of the spell. The cave was hidden behind a rock a little way down the path. He...
1 likes

Pages