Category Archives: Creative Fiction

Testing the Boundaries

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Malcolm Vexley, or, as he liked to remind those careless of rank, Sir Malcolm Vexley, was a business tycoon of standing who enjoyed what he modestly described as “A position of note in the city.” I had no immediate knowledge … Continue reading →

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One For The Road

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

“Was he my hero,” I ask myself, this man who’d walked another path than mine; climbed mountains I would never see but whose eyes lit up with understanding when I talked. You do not have to be young to be … Continue reading →

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My Father’s Watch

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I did not know my father, he died before I became conscious enough about life to recognise a face or understand a situation so I was largely raised by my aunt for long period sas my mother often went missing somewhere in her … Continue reading →

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On the Passing Of His Wife

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The mourners stood around him eating cakes and sandwiches not made by him. Some catering company he employed to do the work, did the work while he stood near a corner of the room, watching his guests share memories of … Continue reading →

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Breakfast with Honor

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

She dreamed of a life where commissioners opened lift doors in hotels so she could travel to a suite far above real life. Once ensconced, she would feed on canapes and sip from something cool and refined, not always alcohol, … Continue reading →

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David Bowie And Thoughts On Life

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

As we all know, unless we are hiding in a cave somewhere pretending to be a pot of jam, David Bowie died recently. He was not, to be honest, my favourite musician of all time but I love some of … Continue reading →

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A Conversation Gone Viral

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Alec Sapelovirus was sitting next to Sam Chlorella in the rest room of the New Strain Research Facility and talking over recent events while relaxing over a soothing drink. They were discussing how near the virus as an entity had … Continue reading →

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An Unsettling Seduction

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

My mother was a woman of rigorous order and routine, disregarding a weakness for iced-buns, and few things were allowed to alter the structure of her day or week, including unnecessary “Hysterical” displays, which was the generic term she applied … Continue reading →

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Indiscrete Memories

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Her face was like a map of the forgotten world or maybe just a nightmare, lined, creased and tired, but there was a quality of defiance about it which drew you to a second look. Those smoker’s eyes, I knew, … Continue reading →

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Eggs Deluxe

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I have decided to grab my career by the throat and teach it another language. Luckily, or sadly, depending on your level of cynicism, a great aunt died recently after a tragic skiing accident at the age of eighty-five. Well, … Continue reading →

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