This a short story for the daily prompt. This is my experience of evil. In my writing the 'evil' people are not as evil as they seem and the good can be the monsters. I have found in real life that evil does not come dressed in black with a conveniently located scar. Instead it… Continue reading Good and evil
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A Welsh Short Story
Okay, the daily prompt asked for a story in dialect. I am terrible at writing dialect but I have had a go at Welsh... Actually that's a bit of a lie. Only a few of the words I filled in the rest I had to run through a translator, so any Welsh readers - have… Continue reading A Welsh Short Story
The Perfect Game
The Perfect Game "I'll be black!" "No you can't... I want to be black," said the small boy. "Can so... You can be green." "No!" the boy screamed. "That's the same colour as snot!" "Well, I am black... I am the plague," the girl says holding out her hands and running at the small boy.… Continue reading The Perfect Game
Conflicted
This is a true story... Conflicted We were in the car when I pulled over. I was getting that feeling again, the one behind my eyes that made me feel like I was looking through a long tunnel. "Bea, what's wrong?" my sister asked. "Nothing," I said but I could hear that my voice was… Continue reading Conflicted
Trick or Treat
Happy Halloween or Samhain. I have pumpkins to carve and candles to light tonight. But right now I feel like a scary story... Trick, Not Treat When the electricity failed, Pat was plunged into darkness and was not aware of anything except for the suspicion of a noise out on the porch. He froze, hands… Continue reading Trick or Treat
Time (short story told from two perspectives)
I have never done a dp challenge but I'm going to give it a go. This is a story told from two points of view. First point-of-view Time Time is odd, always present. The ticking of my wristwatch tells me it is passing but looking at time would be looking at nothing. I’ve seen time-lapse… Continue reading Time (short story told from two perspectives)
Exhale
Exhale I'd been a Conservation Warden before going to Wales, but one wet autumn day I had damaged myself. It had been raining and we were getting ready for people to arrive at the fete that the center was putting together. Now there were two of us wardens, both girls. It shouldn't have made a… Continue reading Exhale
Fearful Symmetry
Fearful Symmetry This is a story where every sentence has to start with the same letter. I've chosen - A. Night Terrors A child lay in his bed, he was sleeping but he was also moving. A while back his mother had taken him to a specialist to ask why he moved, why he was… Continue reading Fearful Symmetry
The Blue Heron
This fits nicely into the daily prompt which today is 'What a Twist!'. It had been submitted to a competition but, unfortunately, been declined. Never mind it's a good story. Enjoy 🙂 The Blue Heron The man walked from his car in the driveway, noticing the light was on in the kitchen, but before he… Continue reading The Blue Heron
Daily Prompt – These boots are made for walking.
These boots are made for walking I had a pair of boots in school. I got them when I first started my GCSE's. The were black and shiny and the Doc Martin type. They weren't Doc Martin's - I couldn't afford them. I used them throughout school and they got knocked around quite a bit.… Continue reading Daily Prompt – These boots are made for walking.
Kate Murray - Cleaver 