Oh it has been ever so long since I've had a good run at my writing! Over the holidays, I felt like I was full of stories but also didn't...
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She was four, the first time she saw him. Her mother laughed when she asked who the strange man with the box on his back was, waiting at Mr Johnson's...
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Jo's nervous declaration of love still echoed around the kitchen, keeping Steve rooted to the spot. He knew he needed to say something, the way she was peering at him, expectantly, then...
Continue readingA small patch of turbulence sent a shudder through the plane. Not much - any passengers awake would have barely noticed it, but it was enough to startle the sleeping...
Continue reading{image source} The darkness was like a cocoon surrounding her and the soft glow of the candle beside her. On the bed beside her, a book lay, open, but forgotten, as...
Continue reading{photo source} The photo on the wall was almost taunting in it's smug happiness. The picture perfect couple. The adorable new baby the perfect blend of both perfectly polished parents. The...
Continue readingShe sits in the corner booth, watching her friends on the dance floor, but all she can think of is the past. Sipping her drink, visions of the times they'd...
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{image source} He hadn't realised quite how long he'd been sitting there, twirling the bar mat, until a voice at his elbow pulled him from his thoughts. "You could nearly sail a...
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{image source} "It's too hard. I can't. I'm scared," I looked at her pleadingly, desperate for her to protect me from rapidly impending adulthood. "You CAN do it. Everyone feels like this,...
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{photo source} The swirling snow guaranteed only most foolhardy and desperate would venture forth today. I would be safe, I reassured myself as I carefully made my way to the waiting...
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