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Gas, for convenience but wood burners are so romantic and cosy!

A Chalet in the Bavarian Alps or a beach-house by the Pacific?

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Just dropped by to wish Larry a Happy Birthday, but then saw what has happened to Gillian!

A broken Clavicle is not 'fine'. It is one of the most painful and inconvenient breaks you can have. It is no wonder you cannot sleep. I hope it heals quickly.

Good to hear that your parents are getting the vaccine, though. I have no clue when we will get ours. Our rates have gone through the roof and we are in major lockdown here.

Of course, Brexit is just making matters so much worse.

So, Hi everyone. Stay safe and well and, of course,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LARRY!

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Beach... within a secluded rocky cove.

Speedboat or sailboat?

Darker, mischievous kind of course!

Deep, dark woods or sunny glade?

Dresden, February 13 th 1945   Katarina and Maria seemed to be waiting for a long time for a tram that they were beginning to think, wasn't coming. Furthermore, they seemed to be the only ones waiting. The sky was devoid of clouds, and the stars twinkled and glimmered brightly in the dark, night sky. It would have been a beautiful scene was it not for the cold that seemed...

Added 31 Dec 2020 | Category Drama | Votes 2 | Avg Score 5 | Views 1,171 | 3 Comments

Neither Maria nor Katarina had any time to react before the office phone began to ring. Immediately, Katarina lifted the receiver. “Matron Langsdorff.” “Ah, Matron Langsdorff. This is Herr Frank's secretary. Please evacuate the hospital immediately. All the physically able patients must return to their units. Those who are not must be taken to the ambulances. All patient documentation must...

Added 15 Nov 2020 | Category Drama | Votes 1 | Avg Score 5 | Views 3,534 | 3 Comments

Little Danny was excited as he stood and stared at the locomotive and its rake of nine carriages. He thought it looked like a dragon with the plume of steam rising from its chimney and from the cylinders either side of the front wheels. Suddenly, there was a loud hiss as another blast of pressurised steam shot upwards from the safety valve on top of the long boiler. Danny turned and ran,...

Added 27 Oct 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 7 | Avg Score 5 | Views 428 | 7 Comments

The water flowed swiftly beneath my feet as I looked down from the parapet. There is something utterly mesmerising about the River Thames at night. The lights of the city reflected in the fast-flowing water have a beauty all of their own. Even on a wet night such as this. No, especially on such a wet night. The reflections are brighter, more widespread, somehow. When darkness falls, the...

Added 24 Oct 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 13 | Avg Score 5 | Views 1,412 | 12 Comments

The music pounded in his ears, vibrating through his head. “Oh no,” he thought. I've got to go home.” He closed his eyes, the flashing of the disco lights made his eyes hurt. He could hear the guests shouting above the throbbing rhythm. He vowed that he would never drink so much again. A glaring white flashed across his face and then it was gone leaving the disco lighting flashing blue...

Added 19 Oct 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 8 | Avg Score 5 | Views 402 | 7 Comments

Hartland Quay, North Devon. A place of absolute beauty. On a sunny summers day, with the tide gently splashing over the rocks, it is hard to imagine anything but a tranquil, restful scene. At low tide, however, there is much evidence of the destruction that can be wreaked by the ever-powerful ocean. It was on one such day that I found myself driving through the narrow streets of...

Added 18 Oct 2020 | Category Supernatural | Votes 10 | Avg Score 5 | Views 2,143 | 9 Comments

“Oh no, Harriet, no! Come on now. Please don't. I've asked you nicely, so please, stop it! I really don't like it. It makes me feel kind of weird. Oh! Come on . Please , just stop! It's not funny, you know! If you don't stop I'll... Oh, Oh my gosh! No, no, don't stop! Oh, I... I like that. Oh yes, just there, yes. That's it, yes. A little higher, just a little... Ohh my goodness yes... Oh...

Added 16 Oct 2020 | Category Micro Fiction | Votes 9 | Avg Score 4.89 | Views 352 | 12 Comments

Pictures tell a thousand stories, If only that were true. An eternity have I tried, To take a picture of you. For your beauty is incomparable, You are my heart's desire But a picture is not possible, My darling vampire.        ...

Added 12 Oct 2020 | Category Poetry | Votes 9 | Avg Score 4.89 | Views 593 | 9 Comments

On the twenty-eighth of October nineteen-sixty-five, the Llyn Celyn reservoir in North Wales was officially opened. Its primary purpose was to supply water for the city of Liverpool. The whole project had been steeped in controversy. To create the lake, the small village of Capel Celyn, which included twelve houses and farms, a post office, a school, and a chapel with cemetery, was to...

Added 08 Oct 2020 | Category Flash Fiction | Votes 7 | Avg Score 5 | Views 178 | 7 Comments

Krakow, January 15 th 1945   From time to time, news came through about the uprising in Warsaw. The stories that reached Maria and Katarina horrified them. Young, Polish men and women had risen up against the Germans. The word was that they had been expecting the Soviets to attack across the Vistula River but, to their dismay, their saviours did not advance but stopped where...

Added 30 Sep 2020 | Category Drama | Votes 3 | Avg Score 5 | Views 5,535 | 5 Comments

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