I’ve been working to record my stories into an audio format – giving you another way to engage with my writing. In each episode, I read the story aloud and provide insights into what inspired it. Handle with care is available now on Spotify – have a listen!
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Restricted Access
The day was hot and sticky as I sat in the stuffy car waiting for Mum. I wanted her to leave the keys so I could crank the air conditioning but instead she popped the window down and told me to sit tight. “You’ll be in the shade,” she’d said, “I won’t be long.” TheContinue reading “Restricted Access”
Listen: Ditzy Delilah
I’ve been working to record my stories into an audio format – giving you another way to engage with my writing. In each episode, I read the story aloud and provide insights into what inspired it. Ditzy Delilah is available now on Spotify – have a listen!
Listen: A campground promenade
I’ve been working to record my stories into an audio format – giving you another way to engage with my writing. In each episode, I read the story aloud and provide insights into what inspired it. A campground promenade is now available on Spotify – have a listen!
Spilt milk
Daddy hoists me up. Lifting under my arms, he puts me into the trolley. He grabs the little black strap, pulls it across my tummy and clicks me in – nice and safe. I like sitting in the trolley, I can see out far in front of me. I feel like a big person, justContinue reading “Spilt milk”
Flash Fiction: Temptation
The pair had been making eyes at one another for months but tonight they’d taken it that one step further. The time was set for eight o’clock. The setting, a dingy bar in the rough part of town. A place where prying eyes wouldn’t recognise them and their clandestine act. The two arrived separately butContinue reading “Flash Fiction: Temptation”
Flash Fiction: Return to sender
An unpleasant surprise waited in my letterbox today. It was an envelope I had posted only two weeks ago. Now here it was, back again: a paper boomerang. I turn the envelope over in my hands, run my fingers along its crumpled edges. The creased paper matches the furrowing of my brow as I inspectContinue reading “Flash Fiction: Return to sender”
The Bystander
The night air is unusually warm for March as the young woman emerges from the subway. It’s a little after midnight and a full moon lights the sky in a pale glow. She sways a little as she crosses the road and the clips of her heels echo down the empty street. She’s whistling aContinue reading “The Bystander”
Captured
I hear the shutter click from behind me and flinch. It’s a reflex, I can’t help it. Every time I hear that tell tale sound my muscles contract and my jaw clenches. It’s like a survival response, telling me I’m under threat. Fifty, sixty, seventy times a day it happens. Click. Flinch. Click. Flinch. MyContinue reading “Captured”
Raspberry delight
A pelting rain slated Mickey as he waited for the bus and watched the worm. Big droplets splashed and plopped against his raincoat, seeping into it, dampening his shirt underneath. Mickey shivered, folded his arms and bowed into the wind. He angrily wished there was a proper bus shelter to wait in. The worm, totallyContinue reading “Raspberry delight”
Backyard tales 