I did…[Read more]

Remembering or Remembrance

It can be poignant or funny or bring a variety of emotions.

30th November, midnight for the competition finish.

Maximum words 400.

Will put my thinking cap on now for November.

@Jill your title led me to expect the boyfriend was the fickle one but no, there was a revelation at the end. Then I realised you’d been subtly leading us there:  “Fond memories of those times, when a date with a boy was nothing serious and soon forgotten when the next pass…[Read more]

1) I missed posting the rules (which are now there). More haste, less speed. Apologies and thank you to @Clebs.

2) in the event of a late request for group membership after the group is closed, then I intend to accept, providing that the potential member agrees to the rules and makes the necessary choices…[Read more]

The challenge is to produce a short story: a work of fiction. By all means stretch this definition as you like, to include, for example, an imaginative account of true events, but please avoid essays, reportage, political polemic, educational items, manuals or manifestos. In case of any doubt I shall…[Read more]

Enjoy.

I like watching television. It’s almost a crime to admit this these days unless you say that you’re watching it to see films, and you can present a list of obscure and worthy titles, preferably in a foreign language, that you claim to appreciate.

Right now, I am enjoying re-runs of Friends through a sub…[Read more]

The Thinning Veil

Wind growled across the island just after midday bringing with it a sharp, stinging, deluge of rain that moved with the feeling nature was scourging the earth.

It lasted until daylight faded then stopped as quickly as it started.

Now, at midnight, the sky was eerily clear and bright as the  pale disc of moody moon…[Read more]

Welcome to Surprise. This is a writing opportunity with a challenge and just the merest hint of competition. At the end there will be winning entries, chosen by all of you who take part. Most of all, everybody who takes part will have worked to produce a short story and hopefully risen to the challenge. If you stick…[Read more]

And please don’t take these…[Read more]

When the writing stage of the challenge closes on 28 February 2027 at 22:00 UK time, the voting stage begins. No doubt most of you will have read many of the entries…[Read more]

For the October competition please write on any theme and include in your story two or more of the following words:

Uniform (as a noun or adjective)

Cumulus

Television

Mood

Spanner

500 words max, deadline midnight 31st October.

I can see the initial appeal of the H16. The V8 was a darn good engine,…[Read more]

FREEDOM JONES; AN INTRODUCTION

He remembered a time when he had been ordinary; when he had played with the other boys. A time when he ran, fought, laughed, and scraped knees with the other boys. When they had climbed trees and stolen fruit and snatched apple scones from the kitchen…[Read more]

Yesterday evening, me  in mindless  mood, scrolling between television programmes, and phone an Instagram a reel came up, featuring the ever- crumpled face of Mick Jagger. He answering some question about song writing, where he got his inspiration from.

His ‘Everywhere! -Sometimes I only have to look out the window –‘  spanne…[Read more]