Sarah's Story

I do however find your breasts very distracting.

Calling the Tune : A Fairytale Drabble

His plan had worked perfectly, he'd shown the townspeople not mess with him.

Flowers for the New Year

Flowers for the New Year; flowers for the Spring; for bright hope; for good cheer and new life awakening. Ring in the year with bluebells and sing the Sun King’s praises

The dance of death

The reason in my mind Becomes the resonance with in yours When I am gone the path continues My path continues My empty words Only my actions have meaning But when I am crowded in

Bucking The System.

Bucking The System. The Cinderella of the Constabulary. By Neil Cairns. Introduction.

Four Engines Down...

‘Four Engines Down…..’

Precocious

"Precocious", (approx. 1100 words). A ten-year-old boy recalls his life as an only child before, and then after his mom's death when he was eight.

Shank Beach

"Shank Beach" (approx. 1300 words). A defeated man assesses his life in an alcohol-fueled, pre-dawn reflection on a local beach.

A Life Unlived

“A Life Unlived”, (approx. 1140 words) about a father’s thoughts as he holds his three week old son who has just died, having never escaped the ICU of the hospital in which he was born.

the traditionalist

throws down his coat in the puddle, always wraps his arm around, squeezes her in public, goes to church on sunday, shows her off to his mom, takes her to his favorite bar,

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