The Coach Trip – A short story of 1070 words

I hope you enjoy my little fiction tale called ‘The Coach Trip’ – 1228 words

“I’m leaving!” I shouted. Slamming the door behind me, I left poor George with his mouth gaping in disbelief.

Due to the turmoil’s of life, writer’s block had set in half way through my novel three months before, and George, well, I [...]

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What I know - A short story of 987 words

What I know – 1076 words

I had lost touch with my husband. Ever since the car accident, he seemed vague and disinterested. Even the children noticed it, and his usual partaking in family chats and days out had dwindled to nothing. We were all concerned for him. It had been five months, and we wanted our [...]

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The Best of Friends - A short story of 1608 words

This story was originally called ‘Valentines Treat’ but I renamed it so that it wouldn’t be a ‘seasonal’ piece for February only…….

The Best of Friends – 1608 words

“No, I would never move to Italy – We’ve discussed it all before and I just don’t understand why you would want to go for a holiday, let alone [...]

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The girl next door - A short story of 1554 words

 It is a strange tale but at least it is different!

The girl next door – 1889 words

“Don’t worry, it’s no trouble at all.” said Mary and she meant it.

Even if Mary had minded babysitting for her neighbor Sam, she would not have known how to say something as her own troubles were nothing in comparison [...]

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It's a cat's life - A short story of 940 words

I saw a competition for the Cats Protection Charity – it was only a £5 donation to go in for it, but I only had two days to do it, so I made up this story……

It’s a cat’s life - 1008 words

I can smell it, so I run over ‘Oh Wow, Mummy has made me my [...]

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Riding the Waves – a short story of 148 words

There was a competition in MsLexia writing magazine, and it gave me the idea for this story which I wrote immediately – they said to write something along the lines of ‘Riding the Waves’ in up to 150 words.  It is very basic, but I thought I would [...]

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