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Comfortable lives
Tis Friday once again, so time for Friday Fictioneers – hosted by the ever-present Rochelle. This week, I have been mostly piggybacking the lovely Jessie Ansons and penned a response to her great story “Comfortable Footwear“. It was soon our tenth anniversary, but if she kept banging on about it, I doubt very much…
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Comfortable footwear (Friday Fictioneers)
Originally posted on Jessie Ansons: On the weekend our writers group held a live reading event at a local coffee shop in NSW, Australia. I was lucky enough to be the MC, and before introducing each of the readers I shared one of my Friday Fictioneers pieces. They went down a treat (Rochelle, you would…
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Knock knock
“Are you completely sure this is it?” Colin asked. Keith stood with one hand on his bicycle handlebars and one hand stroking his chin. He was sure he’d followed the map precisely. “I mean, I expected it to look a bit, I dunno, different,” Colin mused. “This is it,” Keith replied confidently. “It has to…
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When Harry Went Silly
When Harry said he was going to build a fence to keep the fog out, people thought he was mad. In the winter of 1993 they were proved right. Harry was certified insane. His friends left. His family forgot him. No fog has been seen since. Today, in a field in Leicester, a piece of…
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Chow Mein for Jermaine
Jermaine had been away from Swindon for a while. He couldn’t remember precisely when he left, but he knew it had been sometime in May. He’d had a hankering, one Wednesday night, for Chinese food and set off in search of the perfect Chow Mein. He had begun by visiting the local take-aways but soon…
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