Archive | Short Stories

Dawn and a New Day

June 9, 2022

Dawn took me by the hand. Together, we ventured along the stony path. Moisture ridden grasses caressed my legs. And, into the silent forest, we stepped wrapped into the mist of early morning light. Suddenly alone, the day spread out before me, like the green fields and sweeping valleys ahead......

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Flash Fiction – ‘Love and Sandcastle Magic’

November 6, 2020

Before the sun rose, Peppy and Josh swam silently through a mill pond of sea.

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Bill Brown – The complete Short Story

June 5, 2020

Bill swore as he lifted the bonnet of his white van. Three times in the past week, the engine refused to start. “Bloody ex son in law promised to fix the problem,” he muttered into the haze of rain. He shivered under the gloomy layers of grey that hung above.....

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Bill Brown -Part 3 & Audio

April 28, 2020

Kate and Bill hung the last of the streamers and balloons from the ceiling in the centre of the tea shop.The pastry chef busied herself in the kitchen while the aroma of sweet spices and baking wafted out to the courtyard. Pretty set tables with brightly painted café chairs, and.....

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BILL BROWN – PART 2 & Audio

March 16, 2020

One year Later Bill and Kate sat in the window seat in a crowded café. He drank a latte and she an americano. For some weeks now, he’d been avoiding contact with her, even stopped showing up at the car boot sales. Silently he sat and recalled the day Kate.....

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