Shopping for a story.
This day had been hard, opportunities for finding a story had not come her way. Michelle decided that retail therapy was needed. Calling a cab she told the driver to hit the main shopping street. “Your command is my desire…
Roland’s Story
Aged ninety three Roland still had an eye for the girls. He had been a resident in Greenacres for ten years. Although now wheelchair bound, he had a smile which lit up the day. A smile that lighten the mood…
Just Watching
Snip the dog sat watching Ted clearing away the detritus of many years neglect. Snip was aware of Teds dream. Perhaps Snip thought it was time to leave the dark wizard and move in with Ted instead. Yes thought Snip,…
Teds House: X Rated
No one would buy the old house. Memories where too raw. Some people swore that they could still hear the dogs screaming. Ted was the keeper of the hunts hounds. When the police visited Teds home, when the hunt master…
The lion and it’s handler
Carol watched Derek at work, his fearless demeanour had fascinated her since she had first arrived at the circus. Derek had more hair than any man should have, and how Carol wanted to run her fingers through it. So she…
Tip toeing down the stairs
Times where hard, Marg had tried to care for her children since Derek had been crippled in the accident at the cotton mill. He had lost a eye and arm when he had was trapped between a iron shaft and…
Walking the Beach
One could walk for many miles, starting from Lytham. Today you need to dodge the spindrift’s, for it’s a blustery morning, I start slowly passing the windmill, my eyes are downcast as I scan the ground for treasure. There have…
To whom it may concern.
Photograph curtesy of Yinglan/ The Gardner engined Foden lorry is making its presence known. The sound of the engine ticking over is almost drowned by the sounds of chains been unclipped and milk churns being unloaded. Five am and the…
The bolt hole
To me it is a potting shed, somewhere that I might work in secret. A place where my pen can flow uninterrupted. It is a bolt hole from those individuals in society who call, just to be able to tell…