And this one is from the PhD. Every wander what it would have been like to find yourself in an asylum in Victorian Wales? Have a look at the story. TEARS AND SAND
Category: Short Stories
Lock down
I never mean to disappear from the blog but sometimes the whole world can get too much. Then I hold on to myself and my mind. I don't want to share my thoughts or give any news. I am just eager to be me and work it out myself. It can be scary and worrying.… Continue reading Lock down
Oh errrr… I been Longlisted
So, a while back I entered the New Welsh Writers Competition with a story I thought was a long shot. It was set in the past and I was submitting it for a dystopian award. But it really is a dystopian story, and horrifically true. In 1800 a sailor, James Norris, was placed in Bethlem… Continue reading Oh errrr… I been Longlisted
Trick or Treat – a short story
Trick or treat, what come with the sweet will sometimes leave a sour aftertaste. #amwriting #shortstory #memoir
To dance is an awfully big adventure – a short story
To dance, I love it, even if I'm pretty bad. But dance gave me more than that. #dance #amwriting #writing #shortstory
The Lightening Storm – a short story
The Lightening Storm is a short story based on a memory. #shortstory #amwriting #writing #memoir
Love and hate – a short story
Love and Hate is a #shortstory with perhaps a bit of #truth behind it. #bullying #life #amwriting
Life
It's strange how life can move in a circle. Today I found myself wanting, no needing to write. But I am working on a large project - a book - and that wasn't it. I wanted to do something short... Something flash-like. So I decided to go for a daily prompt. I may even do… Continue reading Life
The Rescue…
"It's going down to minus seven tonight," Dad says. "What?" I ask. I've just opened my laptop to start work on a monologue for a scriptwriting competition. "Minus seven," he repeats. "Damn!" I slam the laptop closed and jump to my feet. "What?" Dad asks. "The tomatoes!" Now in any other house that would be… Continue reading The Rescue…
Short Story from ‘Love Just Is’ – Fate
Fate My granddad, used to say that we are the sum of what we endure, and he would have known suffering, as he had polio as a child and experienced pain throughout his life. I was thinking about this on that bleak November morning in the curious half-sleep that visits the anxious, when a terrifying… Continue reading Short Story from ‘Love Just Is’ – Fate
