Poetry, shortstory

Fruits of The Forest – A Naughty Little Ditty

Friday Fun You showed me yours in the bushesAnd then I showed you mine.You looked and giggled; I was tenAnd you were nine.We were naughty kidsDaring each other.I was struck dumbLooking at your bum,Perfectly round like mine.And just like a peach.Split in the middle.Oh, how how we giggled.Now twenty years later,I blush like an appleAnd… Continue reading Fruits of The Forest – A Naughty Little Ditty

Poetry, shortstory

#Fiction Friday – The Family Tree

Stories in poetry are always fun to do. I wrote this a few years ago. I hope it makes you smile. Once upon a time, there was meRight at the bottom of the family treeSitting up there at the topWere Grandmama and PopI moved up when I had my childIt took quite a whileBut we… Continue reading #Fiction Friday – The Family Tree

flash fiction, Stories

Welcome June with a Micro Story

Here is another tiny story, a quick bit of flash fiction where I sit down and just write without stopping. It's not meant to be perfect, and I've kept it to how it was first written with very little refining. It’s amazing what can be done in twenty minutes. Let me know what you think.… Continue reading Welcome June with a Micro Story

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Its National Wine Day – A Micro Story

As it is National Wine Day, I thought I would bring you a very short story. It's a quick bit of flash fiction where I sat down with a pen and with wine in mind. It's not meant to be perfect and I've kept it to how it was first written with no changes. Amazing… Continue reading Its National Wine Day – A Micro Story

Articles, Fantasy, flash fiction

Fun at World Book Day

I was recently asked by author Audrina Lane to take part in World Book Day at the Care Home she works at. I was a little nervous, but it turned out to be an enjoyable experience, especially when you have an attentive and interested audience. First Sight is the flash fiction I read to the… Continue reading Fun at World Book Day

Crime, flash fiction, Romance, Stories

#FictionFriday – First Sight

Joe was a homicide cop working on a case. He didn’t know something would happen today that would change his life. Regrettably, it occurred while he had a mouthful of doughnut. Kathy awoke as she did every morning, threw on joggers, t-shirt, and sneakers, grabbed a bottle of water, and headed for Central Park. She… Continue reading #FictionFriday – First Sight

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#FictionFriday – First Meeting

“Come forward my dear, let me look at you?”I moved forward until I was standing right in front of her. Her eyes looked bright as she peered through her glasses at me. “You’re a pretty little thing, aren’t you?”I didn’t quite know what to say to that, I didn’t consider myself pretty.“What was your name… Continue reading #FictionFriday – First Meeting

Fantasy, science Fiction, shortstory

A Royal Enquiry, a short story shared from somewhere else.

Time travel, a hot topic in the light of my new story being published. So I’m sharing this that I found in the WordPress reader. What proof have you got they come from the future? Tuesday Tiny Tale – A Royal Enquiry

Stories

100 Word Story #27 – Close Call by C. A. Keith

The #100wordstory is just that, exactly one hundred words long. If you have a story that fits this criteria. Email me, I would love to feature you. Close Call Dillon and Eric were dumbfounded as they watched the drug cartel members fall to the ground, shot by a fellow patron. They had stumbled into the wrong… Continue reading 100 Word Story #27 – Close Call by C. A. Keith

Stories

100 Word Story #25 Carla by Tony McManus

The #100wordstory is just that, exactly one hundred words long. If you have a story that fits this criteria. Email me, I would love to feature you.  Mark Allen got a posting to the US Embassy in Hanoi. He married Carla and took her with him to honeymoon in Vietnam. It was there that Helen was… Continue reading 100 Word Story #25 Carla by Tony McManus