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‘What you got Marsha?’ ‘Someone sent me a card. It’s mine. Get off.’ ‘Who’s it from?’ ‘Get off! Hey!’ ‘It’s blank.’ ‘It’s a Valentine, dummy.’ ‘You gotta boyfriend...
Keen

Keen

Two writer friends discuss the difficulties of getting published. “You need a good beginning.” “How about, It was a dark and stormy night?” “No! Cliché! Cliché! Cliché!” “You talk about clichés with those exclamation marks?...
The Day Death Wore Boots

The Day Death Wore Boots

The Day Death Wore Boots is an anthology of ghost stories is out from Alfie Dog Fiction, the first stop for short story downloads and other fiction. Sometimes Death Wears Satin Slippers The collection of twenty spine-chillers includes one of mine, The Bed. It is based...
The Greek Myths

The Greek Myths

Day 7 The Greek myths are one of the themes in the story. Saffron’s birthday is 8th December and her star sign is Sagittarius, which could account for her boldness and tendency to adventure. The tale of Andromeda, the maiden chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a...
Another Win!

Another Win!

My piece of flash fiction was shortlisted (five in the short list) in the June One Word Challenge (OWC) on Writing Magazine’s Talkback forum. The word for June was “shimmer”. I’m pleased, as you can imagine.  Here’s the story. SHIMMER...