General Fiction

Ann and Harold

By John Newton What a pleasure to meet you Madame....

Lies

By Indu Kumar Feeding Oscar under the table Archie shouted...

Five Minutes

By John Newton One cold and misty November evening I...

Madame Sinskaya And The Largest Anthology In History

By John Newton Around the time of my fourth birthday...

Return to Wendlow

By Mac Mckechnie He had promised never to return, but...

Dead Silence

By John Newton My mother cuddled her beautiful newly born...

Nonfiction

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

One Stitch At A Time

By Miriam Erasmus When God gave me some fabricOn the...

Captain Meowsky

By Philippa Drake Captain Meowskyzooms off piste snow puffs dancing...

The Old Lady on the Bus

By Miriam Erasmus She sits there knittingHer nimble hands veined.Each...

Memories of Oblivion

By Philippa Drake Memories of oblivion in the albescent mist...

Welcome My Sons

By Miriam Erasmus Welcome my sons.Welcome to another war in...

Spark

By Laurie Wilkinson To have a spark for life is...

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

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

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 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

13 Wharfdale Lane

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

Company

Thriller

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

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 !...

I’M A GRANDMA!

By Miriam Erasmus When I grow old I'm going to...

Every Morning – a movement poem

By Miriam Erasmus Every morning when I wake up, A thorough...

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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