A Winter Tale
Charlie listened to the football thudding against the wall then sliding across the surface of the yard. He heard Jakes voice and the reply of his father. But today Charlie could not get out of bed. So he asked Hannah…
Spinning Top
Looking out of the window Benjamin glazed longingly as his friends descending the twisting slide. He saw anxiety as they stepped out at the top and their joy as they shot out on coconut mats at the bottom of the…
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…