Discover my 100 word stories and other bits and pieces added to the blog over the years.
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Thumbs as fit as fiddles
I long to play some football, my circle isn’t interested in that sort of thing and the extended ring to which I once belonged is now a fading memory; my waistline, in contrast, is an ever expanding reality. My thumbs are as fit as fiddles – if fiddle thumbs were a thing, they’d be challenging…
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Inspiration
He pulled the chair from under the desk with great gusto, plonked himself into the seat with a flump and cracked his knuckles. A blank document stared back. The cursor flashing patiently. Bob the cat was walking through the room at the time. He did not acknowledge the declaration of intent. He’d seen the grand…
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Do it yourself
The books he was given or borrowed or bought were great at making him look smarter than he actually was. They lay around the house inviting people to judge him in a positive light yet that story was just as fictitious as the novels on the second shelf of the birch Kilby bookcase he’d purchased last week…
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Motivation
The four walls of the office watched on as the collection of sour faces continued to let the worst of them get the better of them. Shoulders sloping. Lips’ curled down. Each sentence punctuated with sighs. The time for change had been and in it’s wake bubbled a wave of uncertainty, confusion and resentment. The…
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Offside
“Spurs v Liverpool?” “Do it.” – “Wait. Versus or co-op?” “Co-op.” “Co-op.” “Wait.” “What now?” “Online or against the computer?” “Good call. Er… Shall we take the good fight online?” “Fuck yeah.” Frank picked up the xbox controller and started flicking through the game’s menu screen. “Beer?” “Sure, dude, help yourself whilst I get us…
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