The birthday celebrations were over. Charles was preparing his boots for his walking holiday in the Lakes.  His wife was upstairs,...

Novel A Slice of Death - a Cosy Crime story Set in the 1960s, the novel opens at a typical west country small village fete. The following...

Novel The Colford Tenor Set in the same area as Only a Girl , Lancashire villages, towns and cities, date just a little later, covering...

Novel Only a Girl Set in 19th Century Lancashire, the story concerns a brother and sister who start life under the thumb of a brutal and...

Joe loved his job. It wasn’t an important job, it wasn’t an exciting job, but for him, it was just right. He lived by himself and didn’t...

Here, on this rock, an ancient man once stood Trembling on the first edge of discovery . Alone, he took no joy in play of light or shade...

If I could only speak to you once more A different you from that my heart recalls If I could see you old, set in your ways With thinning...

‘I am a famous writer now’ I chant, and turn the lights down low I say this daily, for you see Preparation is the key   ‘I am a famous...

This was written in class in response to a prompt in Lesson Writing Plan: I Heard That Andrea considered herself to be a model mother. ...

Written in class in response to a prompt from the Writing Lesson Plan: All Change It was probably a mistake to arrange the meeting at a...

There’s a Halloween do in our Village Hall .I’m dressed up all witchy, no trouble at all! I’ve dyed my hair black, and I’ve greased up my...

This was a class exercise - we were asked to produce 5 -line verses with a single rhyme scheme in each. Silly, but fun! Oh God, is it...

This story was inspired by Picasso's Girl With A Mirror                                                     It’s a beautiful room, not...

(written in response to a Writing Class prompt) Your last look for ever will pursue me though I sleep my soul crackles into life at the...

( Devised from a Writing Class prompt ) He was too old for me, by years Hair sprouted from his nose and ears His teeth were yellow, his...