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Category: Shorties

Picnics

Three years ago: The first story I remember writing was about a picnic. I was very young – I’d just…

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30 Sep 2017 Comments: 0

Job Vacancy

The bitch had left him. What was he to do? Who would look after him, care for him, clean the…

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23 Aug 2017 Comments: 0

This New Life

Do you ever feel, “there must be more to life than this”? I remember that feeling so well. Seven years…

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17 Aug 2017 Comments: 0

Monologue

Monologue. What is the literal translation? One tongue? One Voice? Something like that. At first you said you liked my…

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10 Aug 2017 Comments: 0

I am your Favourite Top

I am your favourite top. M&S. Green bold pattern. You wore and wore me, but good old M&S I kept…

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9 Aug 2017 Comments: 0

White Lilies

“I wanted WHITE lilies. That’s what I asked for, they promised me white. These are cream, don’t you see, these…

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9 Aug 2017 Comments: 0

Where are the children

I remember the river as a fun place. F.U.N. fun, as my brother says. I can picture it almost as…

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8 Jul 2017 Comments: 0

River Prayer

If she prayed to the river, would that mean that she had finally gone crazy? She wasn’t sure. She wasn’t…

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28 Jun 2017 Comments: 0

Here in Heaven

What surprised her, once she finally got there, was how well suicides were treated. None of this “coward’s way out”…

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21 Jun 2017 Comments: 0

What Happened Next

Looking back, the pea was just the start of the problem. And no number of mattresses was ever going to…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0
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The Slip

He was getting by, managing. He was. Only last month he made it to the shop and back without falling.…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

Kitchens and Creels

Every kitchen needs a creel. You know, slats of wood on a pulley that you hang the washing on to…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

The Safe Place

When she had to recreate her life she did a “smash and grab” in Dunhelm Mills. She bought new pillows, a duvet,…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

Feet Speak

We are what you might call the determined type of feet. We march her into trouble, we hold her up…

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3 Mar 2017 Comments: 0

Mirror therapy

I want to share a magic trick with you. It is called Mirror Therapy and I learnt it a few…

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11 Nov 2016 Comments: 0
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