Iron Horses
10 am on the 27-12-2016. The doors open and the men and a few families flooded in: for the Iron horses are on display. What more could one want after the Christmas indulgence. Now the chatter will start as our…
A Christmas Gift
Christmas Greeting to all who read my various attempts at story telling. Josephine saw Tommy heading towards a seat at the back of the diner, she knew what his order would be, a mug of coffee, four eggs sunny side…
For your Delectation
I hope that this week is kind to all who follow my diverse writing: and that this tale is not to melancholic. A gentle mist settled over the New Forest dampening sounds and shrouding the commoners animals. Matthew buttoned up…
Seasonal Greetings
Seasonal greeting to all who read my humble scribbling from Mike in the Yorkshire Dales
Sack Cloth and Coal
As Hector tied sacking over Henrys feet, Henry chomped leisurely at the contents of his nose bag whilst his tail tried to knock Hector's cap off. Nay lad we's going to need our caps and boots this day. It's sore…
I had heard about
I had heard about it from my grandfather before he had died, but no one living had seen the black jaguar. The ruler of the sun mountain had asked me to go and find out if the stories were true…
Finding New Hope
The leaden water matched her eyes, the journey had been particularly bad. The water and food had been no better, but few could eat as the storms had tossed the small ship like an apple in an apple bobbing…
Untold Fear
As dusk fell a church faded into the scenery. Dark fingered branches wrapped gracefully around its frame until only the tip of its spire remained visible. Whilst across the valley windows began to glow in metal clad ex army Nissan…
Getting Away or Not
What Puteri wanted was to get away. The dell seemed an ideal place to settle down and relax. She did not want to hide away, but just needed to find a place to rest and prepare. The dell had seemed…