General Fiction

Legend of the Sea

By Philippa Drake Fire licks the starry sky Crisp embers dance...

Behind the Painted Smile

By John Newton 1915 - The First Picture In late afternoon...

The Survivalists (Book Excerpt)

By Francis Wait Synopsis of the book: In earth’s...

The Last Spring

By Indu Kumar “Are the daffodils still swaying Mother? And can...

A Woman’s Courage

By Indu Kumar It had been nearly a year. A...

Four Stages of Christmas

By John Newton Lubbecke, West Germany, December 1946 During those few...

Nonfiction

Eddie The Mafia Man

By John Newton Forty years of travel round the world...

Who Stole the Letterbox on Cowbeech Hill

By a Cowbeech Resident Written after our real-life letterbox was stolen from...

The Rotherham Trunk Murder

By Jeanette Hensby PREFACE It is more than fifty years since...

Seasons of Faith

By Mac Mckechnie An Extract from the book Seasons of...

A Chapter From My Life

By Shraddha C Sankulkar It was a set routine in...

Life Writing

Scoring a Hat-Trick at the Age of 82

By Heather Flood The saying "You're never too old' has...

The Real Thing is Best

By Miriam Erasmus Further to my previous article on August...

Gypsy Without A Road

By Miriam Erasmus “Gypsy without a road” produced by Saffron...

Thank You For Being ‘There’

By Miriam Erasmus I was reminded today of all the...

How Do We Support Our Artists?

By Miriam Erasmus Want to destroy the human spirit? Destroy anything...

Poetry

The Last of Us

By Philippa Drake The last of us meander in rolling hills by...

Legend of the Sea

By Philippa Drake Fire licks the starry sky Crisp embers dance...

Orlando the Bull

By John Silverton (Winner of the Anderida Writers’ Poetry Competition,...

The Butterfly & the Buffalo

By Heather Flood This is an extract from Laughs and...

The Rise of an Empath!

By Shraddha. C Sankulkar Niceness is a virtue And all want...

The Wild Steeds

By Philippa Drake Horses galloping  in the barren country long scorched by conflagrations. Carbonised...

Travel

Marta’s Decision

By Rachel Webb Marta, face screwed up against the glare...

My Perfect Day in the Cotswolds

By Rachel Webb A slow awakening, the sun streaming through...

Science Fiction

Way Station

By John Newton How did I come to be here?  Well...

Masterly Matches

By Lyn Funnell ‘Hi, I’m Winston. And I’m guessing that...

The Trouble with Aliens

By Mac Mckechnie Charlie waited excitedly outside the biggest set...

Fantasy

Way Station

By John Newton How did I come to be here?  Well...

Masterly Matches

By Lyn Funnell ‘Hi, I’m Winston. And I’m guessing that...

The Trouble with Aliens

By Mac Mckechnie Charlie waited excitedly outside the biggest set...

Horror

The Dropping

By Mac Mckechnie The first one landed on Tuesday. A...

The Devil’s Castle

By Robin Alexander Eadon Chapter Two Rock Dexter heard the loud...

Dark Delights

By Lyn Funnell Step into the twisted, unsettling world of Dark...

Banshee

Leaving Ireland -1 By Jackie Harvey The crows came first. One,...

50 Years of Guilt

By Maria Bligh The cabin in the woods had been...

Mystery

The Long Shadow

By John Newton A long prison watchtower shadow traverses the...

13 Wharfdale Lane

By Indu Kumar There it was again. The creaking on...

Company

Thriller

Fall Guy – Who Really Killed His Wife?

By Tony Flood Fall Guy – Who Really Killed His...

Dark Delights

By Lyn Funnell Step into the twisted, unsettling world of Dark...

The Intruder

By Lyn Funnell As soon as I heard her voice...

Children’s

South Africa’s Months

By Miriam Erasmus As it is the start of the...

Frogs at Springtime

By Miriam Erasmus First of all came lots of eggs.......

Captain Thomas and the Curious Cockatiel

By Robin Alexander Eadon Chapter One The Ancient Tree Captain Thomas climbed...

Nat the Slave

By Isabella Schembri-Adams Nat, who was overwhelmed and enraged, tried...

The Fire Bird

By Isabella Schembri-Adams Fiery wings zoomed across the dark midnight...

Great  Aunt Jemima 

By Miriam Erasmus Great Aunt Jemima is coming today.Euch !...

Humour

Amoeba

By Lyn Funnell I wish that I was an Amoeba. How...

Walking Back in Time

By Lyn Funnell Why is Nature so cruel? Why is every...

Patiently Waiting

By Lyn Funnell I’ve been sitting here for 20 minutes. I’ve...

My Time in Network Marketing

By Maria Bligh ‘There’s nowt so queer as folk’ is...

Ode to a Nose

By Lyn Funnell Oh nose of mine, I’m stuck with...

A Head of His Time

By Lyn Funnell A HEAD OF HIS TIME By Lyn Funnell ‘Gadzooks,...

Romance

Out of Coffee

By Maria Bligh ‘Out of coffee... again!’ Teresa glared at the...

When I Fell

By Rachel Webb I'm very good at pretending I believe...

Self-Help

Historical

Tales From Our Nationhood

By Winston Forde Dedication A Very Happy 63rd Independence Celebration in...

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