Flash Fiction

Discover my 100 word stories and other bits and pieces added to the blog over the years.


  • Someday

    Marvellous musician and all round good guy Greg Lines is once again taking part in February Album Writing Month. A fun challenge to aspiring songsmiths everywhere to complete an album within the month of February. As has become (almost) tradition, I’ve thrown words at Greg to see if any of them stick. These ones did,…

  • Unbelievable Stories

    And so it came to pass that my antipodean friend (and yours), Jessie Ansons, challenged me via Twitter to reply to her groovy slice of Friday Fiction (which you can, and should, read here). So, because I don’t like shirking a challenge (and because I was scared she’d call me names if I didn’t) I did.…

  • Get a man in

    I’d been on at him for years about that wiring. He said I was moaning, that he’d had enough of it at work all day and that when he came home all I did was nag. I wasn’t nagging. I didn’t think so anyway. I just wanted it fixed. It was an accident waiting to…

  • Terry, Jeff, Colin and Bob

    Terry, Jeff, Colin and Bob went to sea in a rancid boat. They took some jerky and plenty of Bud, all wrapped in a t-shirt (covered in mud.) Colin looked over to Bob on his left, as they nodded then bellowed an ode to Terry ‘n’ Jeff. “O’ Terry and Jeff, Teff and Jerry, what wonderful friends you…

  • After breakfast

    “After breakfast,” he whispered. “I’ll do it after breakfast.” And there I left him, standing by the window, procrastinating over what was to come. I paused by the open door, turning to offer a final piece of unwanted advice. “The longer you leave it,” I began. “I know,” he interrupted. “I’ll do it after breakfast.”…

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