I walked right into a situation that I could have avoided if only I was more aware of my surroundings. I was preoccupied you see. There’s only 30 minutes for lunch and in that time […]
Category: My Stories
Flash fiction story : Wait and dream
I watch the bumper cars and listen to the 80s tune that blares out of the cheap speakers, distorting the words so you have no idea what’s being sung unless you happen to know the […]
Number 79 bus
I always sit on the same seat when I get on the 79 bus. I can’t believe how busy it is and that someone else is sitting in my seat. This overweight blonde woman who […]
The Silence
It rings out from empty pages and forgotten journals. It follows me as I watch TV and sit in the garden admiring the red of the robins chest. I want to do something about it […]
Before a fall
I had never ridden a bicycle before but he dared me and I wasn’t about to admit my failings to anyone, especially him. So what if I was a girl, I was older and taller […]
The Enchantress
Julian watched the pot boil. He added a few onions and some more garlic before walking over to the large pile of chopped wood he had put together earlier. He picked up some of the […]
Middle Of The Road
Roger McDonald lived his life with a clear understanding that nothing came from complaining about how bad life can be. Every morning he opened his carpet shop, one of four he owned, and greeted his […]
Just Moving (micro-fiction story)
We were always running. My mum and me. Packing up what few belongs we had and moving in a new direction. No particular place. Just moving. I was never sure who or what we were […]
Saturday Shelfie – Flash The International Short-Short Story Magazine
In reply to Cultured Life’s Saturday Shelfie (love that name!) I thought I would share what I have been reading all day today. It is a magazine (more like a book to me) published by […]
A lifetime of guitar tunes
He was given his first guitar when he was four years old. It was green, plastic, with no strings; still it obsessed him. It played tunes when buttons were pressed but it was limited. Guitar […]
Living a lie
The room is silent. She is thinking about what to say and how to justify the last ten years of living a lie. Twenty four hours ago we were fairly happy. Sex two or three […]
The un-normal ones
Jenny was young and easily influenced by what people may say about the things she did and the way she dressed. She often wondered why she never fit in and her brothers teased her about […]
Self-love is behind you
‘I had an experience of real self-love this morning.’ I’m on the phone, as usual, talking with my best friend Gina. ‘Really?’ she asks half listening. ‘Yeah, I was standing in front of the mirror […]
Invitation from Mrs Carbs
Want something to eat my dear? They call me Mrs Carbs. What can I get for you my lovely? What are you dying to eat right now? It’s all calorie free when it comes from […]
About turn
He leaves her and she begs him to stay. He goes off in search of fun and greener grass. He has spent more than 13 years chained to the one woman and he’s entitled, so […]
Micro-fiction: Never guilty
He came round to give me a quote to replace my boiler. I met him at a business breakfast meeting and we really hit it off. His childhood and been a mixture of abuse and […]
The holiday blackmailer
Christmas is my favourite holiday. The holidays have a way of helping people relax and no place is better for that than the office Christmas party. Even the foul breath of the photocopier engineer is […]
Get in between us
‘I saw it on The Inbetweeners,’ I explained, ‘it’s hilarious.’ I handed her phone back to her and it rang instantly. We looked at each other and started laughing. ‘Don’t answer it,’ I told her. ‘Not […]
Her boning knife
She always had an appetite for the unusual and she had to tone it down when she got married. It freaked him out some of the things she suggested, not just him but all the […]
In death as in life
In life it seems we get what we believe, what if death works the same way? If you believe you die and life stops, it stops. If you believe you die and your energy lives on, you get […]
Poetry : Dark clouds that won’t drift
some days I am so miserable and so unhappy if you ask me why I couldn’t tell you seems strange being in a constant feeling of doom, down, under dark clouds that refuse to drift […]
Flash Fiction Friday 114: The Unspoken Middle by Diane Corriette
Today one of my flash fiction stories has been published as part of flash fiction Friday. Very happy 🙂 Flash Fiction Friday 114: The Unspoken Middle by Diane Corriette. via Flash Fiction Friday 114: The […]
The broken mastermind
Every month, the first Wednesday of the month to be exact, we meet in a room above the pub. Jake gets a great rate because he is old friends with the landlady. Habit brings us […]
The unspoken middle
She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath as she slipped her arms around his waist and kissed his neck. She coveted any chance she got to put her arms around him, particularly his […]
Mama Africa flash fiction story accepted at Ether books
I have decided to celebrate every little success, no matter how small, because I recognise that it is the small steps that add up and lead on to us achieving something huge. So, yesterday, when […]
The missing pair
John was 13 and Susie 9 when they went out looking for adventure. Neither of them had taken the time to think about where they might go or, better still, how they might get home. […]
The Last Hut by Diane Corriette
Ever wondered what it was like to be black and British in the 70s? Or who Zyanne might be? Maybe you share the fantasy of meeting Lenny Henry for coffee, or maybe you, too, have […]
Marketing manager
I lied. I needed to make a decision and I wanted the job so I lied. Everyone lies but this one was a whopper and I have no idea how they fell for it but […]
