Browsing Tag 'fiction'
A wooden writing box sits on her table. Lauren stares at it. It’s locked insides, a mystery to her, taunt her with memories of her grandmother. She strokes the box, running her fingers along it’s smooth wooden sides, along the crack that mars it’s top. “How on earth did it get there?” she wonders. All [...]
There is a roaring fire in the centre of the room. The children are huddled round it, marshmallows on sticks in hand, pushing and shoving to get the perfect spot to melt them. Wrapped in their pyjamas and night gowns, thick, fluffy socks on their feet, they look so cosy. The Christmas tree lights twinkle [...]
I originally wrote this with the title “me” but actually “she” is far better (and that means I can use it for Josie’s Writing Workshop!). I was inspired by women in general; both those who have had children and struggle to accept their new figure, and by those who are just slowly ageing. As women we [...]
The amazingly bendy and fantastically talented (not just at eating frazzles with her pretty feet either) Josie has set another writing workshop, and I’m taking the opportunity to have a holiday romance! I’m warning you in advance, there’s sex, cos let’s face it, what’s a holiday romance without sex?! But you have been warned, 18+ [...]
Being as Josie is making us be all inventive this week I’ve struggled with what the hell to write about! In fact, I still don’t really know what to write so I’m going with the “Just type and something will happen” theory! The prompt I have chosen (I think) is “In the garden.” Opening the [...]
It’s our wedding anniversary today Two years ago we declared our love to the world and started our happy ever after, I remember it like it was yesterday, it was one of the happiest days of my life. We’re so lucky that so far it has been a happy ever after too, maybe we’re still [...]
