Joanna is a feisty and independent woman. She was also the first of the strong women I began writing about. I like my heroines to have a vulnerability about them. Some damage that was done in the past that makes them who they are today. This was my first ever novel and since then there… Continue reading Joanna is Fighting Back!
Category: Stories
A Total Eclipse of the Moon in 1891
Taken from the Oswestry Advertiser, exact date unknown. A completely different style of writing when why use one word when then would do! A correspondent writes: The total eclipse of the moon, which took place on Sunday week, passed off in a manner most satisfactory to all, excepting those who witnessed it. At Llanymynech… Continue reading A Total Eclipse of the Moon in 1891
The Safe Place by Matt Beighton
He slammed the door behind him and raced down the worn wooden stairs two at a time. He knew he was safe down here in the basement. This was his space, the only place that he was away from it all. His dad never came down here. He was too busy upstairs pimping out his… Continue reading The Safe Place by Matt Beighton
Moon Blanket
by Karen J Mossman The first time I saw him, he was standing on the pavement ahead of me. He was either waiting for someone or watching something. He scared me from the get-go. Standing over 6 feet tall he was bald-headed with a large neck and biceps bigger than my thighs. He was wearing… Continue reading Moon Blanket
The Sweetness of the Seventies
by Karen J Mossman In 1973, I was a teenager and the most important things in my life were music and fashion. I lived in Withington in Manchester with my parents and siblings. A few of us, including my brother, John, would catch a bus through to Chorlton and then walk over to the Stretford… Continue reading The Sweetness of the Seventies
Childhood Pranking!
When I was a child in the early 70s, life was very different. We lived by different standards and things that are considered gross now, were acceptable back then. As a treat, my mum bought our dog a pig’s head from the butchers, although I don’t think the dog was that impressed. But my brother… Continue reading Childhood Pranking!
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