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Short Stories
Verse
Posts about my books
The Godmother Originally published here, The Godmother is now available from these outlets.
The Pond People A revised Pond People is now available from these outlets.
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Short Stories (and other ramblings)
In reverse order of publication: most recent first…
A Right Pickle – a story about covering up.
A Stitch in Time (published as Making Amends in People’s Friend, May 21st, 2022)
The Laundry – in three parts, #1, #2, #3
Tommy (link) – winner of Eyrie Press competition 2021
Bunny – A story in three posts, #1, #2, #3
Windy Christmas – from aWhitlesey Wordsmiths’ Christmas anthology
Where does Santa Spend Christmas? – a three-parter that follows on from Christmas Presence (re-posted as an intro).
Proverbial Wisdom – a plethora of proverbs
Bolt-cutter Blunder – discovery in an attic
Trick or Treat? – flash fiction for Halloween
Christmas Presence (a story) – earlier version published in a Following Wind and this version in Witch Way
Goodnight Eileen – first published in Flash Fiction Magazine
Doors Closing – a very short story
Mission – flash fiction
The Unwanted Gift – a very short story
Leaving Us – the death of young Digger
Danny Boy – a story written in 24 hours (or less…)
Roome Bay – on holiday with our dogs
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Verse
This is in order of publication: oldest first (just keeping you on your toes). I like to think it improves as it goes down – feel free to let me know what you think.
Puzzling it Out – a verse about… puzzles
Goblins and Trolls – a verse about abusive feedback
Fred’s Legacy – a verse about Fred’s campervan
A Year Before Christmas – the story of Emmie the Elf. (see link above for updated links to Amazon in ‘About my books‘ )
My Call – outsmarting the bigger guy
A Study in Red – editing
Comma Chorus – rethinking commas
Good Company – also ran
Into Each Life – falling rain
Default Mode – rhyming doggerel
The Humpty Verdict – a cautionary tale
Riding the Waterfall – a poem about mirlings
Hiatus – a villanelle
Pigs and Whistles – Tom’s career choice
Tigger’s Other Song – with aplogies to Disney
Drat! – another villanelle
Someone I Knew – ageing
Evolution – growing life
Now I am Old – with apologies to Jenny Joseph
Broken Blue – poetry challenge from a fellow-blogger
Fearless – new puppy
Boredom – another verse written for https://deadlinesforwriters.com/
But is it Poetry? – another verse on a monthly prompt
Christmas Wrapping – a seasonal verse
A Tale of Two Tails – seasonal schmaltz
Under My Feet (sung to the tune of Under My Thumb from the Rolling Stones)
Stand and Deliver – a comparison of rhyming and free verse (mine)
Diversion – sat-nav misdirection
Ekphrastic – yes, I had to look it up too.
Suburban Forest – A Forest I know well, in Autumn
Slip-up – a poem about… slip-ups.
End of Life – a poem about repair and recycling
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The Pond People
Chapters below are the original version of Pond People as they appeared first on this blog.
- Meet the Mirlings
- Flash Lightning
- Eddy and Flo
- Never
- Target Practice
- Responsibilities
- Training
- Tournament
- Missing
- Prizewinning Shot
- Goldie
- Setting Out
- Decisions
- Surrounded
- Seen
- Still
- Moving Day
- Settling In
- Home Impovements
- Dreams
- Holiday
- Scents of Home
- Happy New year
- Do something!
- Breaking Up
- Breaking down
- Fishing
- Home
- Raining
- Missing
- Cats and Dogs
- Memorial
- Riding the Current
Riding the Waterfall – a mirling poem
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The Godmother
15 Preparations
17 Lady Eleanor
19 Back Home
20 Out of Sight
22. What Are You Going to Do About Buttons?
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Whittlesey Wordsmiths’ Anthologies
I also have stories and verse published in our writing group’s anthologies, Where the Wild Winds Blow, A Following Wind, Windy Christmas, Jingle Bells and Tinsel Tales, and Three Sheets to the Wind from the Whittlesey Wordsmiths, available from Amazon
Writing Wrinkles 