This story is about characters of a ship from the Patchwork Universe. A Captain chasing a sea worm.  I hope you all enjoy it and please leave feedback.  Picture taken from  free stock images website. “Drain the catching bay, Ari!” “Ey, ey, Captain Farrago.” As the winch recoiled the metal net, the draining system opened […]

I wrote this little poem 4 years ago when I was in a dark place.           Need to keep moving forward One foot in front of the other Today has been hard But tomorrow could be better Need to keep moving forward It still feels surreal But one day at a […]

Here is the second part of  ‘The Coffee Wars’.  A trilogy of short stories all set around an independent coffee shop.  Each story is filled with numerous references from one of the two things that opened my mind to the world of creativity. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Empire likes it black no sugar. Lucas looked out of the […]

Here is a piece of flash fiction, I wrote a few years ago.  Hope you like it.         The walls rattled as the midnight train passed my home. I lifted myself out of my armchair and peered out of the window. As I looked up and down the tree line, dust clouds […]

The picture below was posted on a group called Writers Unite. The member who posted it stated write a short story no more than 500 words. So I took the challenge and I wrote the story below. Hope people like and all feedback welcome. As he fell into her arms, she could hear his punctured […]

This was sent to a competition.   I curl next to her and stroke her face like I used to. She shivers and sinks deeper into the duvet. At the same time every night she opens her eyes and looks to her right, but I’m not there. Her eyes well up, as I whisper.  “Same time […]

A few years ago I decided to write a contemporary fiction piece based on a short scene I had in my head.  It was a husband receiving a letter from his dead wife.     Michael sat at the kitchen table, his palms drenched in sweat. He just wanted to get up and pace but […]

I saw this picture in a writers group on Facebook and thought I would write a short story based on the image.  I hope you like it. Chalu stood in front of the large blank screen his long flowing cloak covered his frail frame. He moved slowly towards the keypad and pressed a symbol. “Come […]

I saw this picture in a writers group on Facebook  and thought I would write a short piece based on the image. I hope you like it.           The three of them stood there under the moonlit sky, frozen with curiosity and a handful of fear. They looked at each other […]

I saw this picture on a writers page on Facebook, and thought I would write a short piece based on the image.  I hope you like it. They backed into the middle of the square as Emile and his men approached them from both sides. “If only you had listened to me,” said Barrin. “I […]