Fiction Writing
'Imagine all the people, sharing all the world,' sang John Lennon. And they shot him. 'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,' ministered the Reverend Martin Luther … Continue reading IMAGINE
'Don't mind that,' she said, guiding him through the hallway and round the shattered remains of a mirror. 'Just through there,' she pointed him through a glass door whose splintered panes were held together by sticking tape. 'Take a seat,' she smiled at him. He looked at the living room strewn with broken chairs, a … Continue reading ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE
'You don't think the mountain range is enough to keep them out?' 'Nope,' Frank spat as he knocked in the last fence post. 'But if they manage to get over that,' Giles pointed to the tall peaks in the distance, 'then this fence isn't going to stop them.' Frank threw down the hammer and looked … Continue reading CANADIAN ROCKIES RETIREMENT HOME
Being abandoned by his family every Christmas as a child had set off the downward spiral. Thirty years later, he had finally hit rock bottom. Cassandra lay naked on the bed, her skin blotchy and bruised, the needle still hanging out her arm. He shelled out the notes from his wallet and left them on … Continue reading HOME ALONE 13: HOLIDAY IN THE HACIENDA
'The setting for our Christmas story today is a mountainous region far away, a land of hills and fields. There lived three men there...' A small hand shot up, 'Was one of them Santa?' 'No, one of them was not Santa. As I was saying, there lived three men there who tended to their flock … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS STORY
