Wheels of Memory
Remembering is a chair that is hard to sit still in, along the twisting backroads of my mind. It was years ago but I remember it like yesterday, leaning into the still, sunlit morning, waiting for the boy to breathe life back into me.Continue reading→
The Winchester
‘I’ve done everything I ever wanted in life,’ thought Earnest, as he tended his beloved rose garden. At 83 he was remarkably fit, considering his significant waistline and all the cigar and pipe smoking he’d enjoyed over the years.Continue reading→
The Grandfather Clock
My father stood in the hallway, still as a tin soldier, gazing at the grandfather clock. The clock looked back at him suspiciously.Continue reading→
The Deadline
It was Monday morning, the week having passed in a blur. Lock down was grinding on and there was nothing happening, just the same old same old.Continue reading→
Marmalade Skies
They say there’s nothing new under the sun but there are new suns and days to bring new dawn. Buying the high rise flat in Paddington had been a mistake, yet how was Janice to know that disaster was about to strike.Continue reading→
Grandma’s Warning
When she was five, Beth’s grandmother told her, “if a loved one dies in the house, all mirrors must be covered to prevent their soul being trapped inside.” This was the start of it.Continue reading→
Four Seasons
Birth ‘What is this talked-of mystery of birth but being mounted bareback on the earth?’ – Robert Frost That hot day in June things changed forever when Jess’s waters unexpectedly broke. Panic drove us to the hospital, the baby having decided to come six weeks early. Outside it was a surreal scene; due to a freak…Continue reading→
‘FootJoy’
A feeling to describe happy feet, due to perfectly fitting shoes It’s hard loosing someone who’d looked out for you from the start. When a cruel twist of fate took my elder brother Pete out of the game I felt as if the colour had drained out of my life. I missed the larger than…Continue reading→
Devil’s Dyke
After Gabe’s wife died, struggling to deal with the loss, he’d thrown himself into work at the software company in the city. He was approaching retirement and didn’t need the money but felt he had to keep busy.Continue reading→
Call From the Past
The red light flashed impatiently. “Hey you! There’s a message, sounds important,” it urged.Continue reading→