Category Archives: creative writing

Parallel Worlds

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

I remember  I was thinking, was it yesterday or twenty years ago, about the existence of parallel worlds. Of other places in distant galaxies where someone could drive his Ford Brillo, or whatever the name of it is, into a MacDonalds and … Continue reading →

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The Email

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Honed in solitude, and far from any track, at a time when lifeless legs kept him exiled from the throng, his mind had moved where his limbs could not, through distant concepts and  landscapes travelled by imagination. Books, he reflected,  might inform you, but … Continue reading →

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Some Years after The Engagement

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

She raised her eyes to view her reflection in the mirror and studied the face before her. Still young and clean of line, but knowledge now marked her eyes. Experience, effort, putting on a brave face: they were present too.  A face of … Continue reading →

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In Syria

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Her face was like a river bed dried and cracked by unrelenting heat. Sitting there, beside the church on streets bleached white by sunlight, she made no statement, but still I felt I knew her. This other soul. This old … Continue reading →

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“Candid Corner”

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

You may not have heard of it yet, but you surely will do. The new craze sweeping through the internet. ’Candid Corner’ is a platform where, by using anonymous names, you can be as honest or ‘candid’ as you like about the object … Continue reading →

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Two Years, Two Hundred Posts

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

The strangest fact about Blogging is that no one, or very few people,  starts a Blog to read anyone else’s. That’s just a by-product of the process. I came to Blogging because I woke in the middle of the night … Continue reading →

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Uncontrolled Brawling at Anger Management Class

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

The Rev Nigel Windstay was a busy chap and liked to keep his fingers in as many pies as possible: not all of them cooked by his wife which irritated the hell out of her.  When she got especially annoyed  he would tell her to … Continue reading →

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Tea and Biscuits

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

I knew a lady , old  and  proud. Money was in short supply but from her dress and demeanor that would never show.  She never  complained . She had little but   her privacy and  guarded it closely. What her life … Continue reading →

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Parting Words

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

You know that expression, “Live one day at a time”. Well there comes a day. for some of us, when we are living “One breath at a time”. That’s where Molly was at this moment. Not all bad mind you. The … Continue reading →

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The Engagement

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

He loved her but it didn’t show. Gave her protection from a distance: understanding without a sense of intimacy. Just some guy in a cubicle crunching numbers through the working day. It wasn’t climbing Everest but it paid the bills. … Continue reading →

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