Tony Lyttle

Hi @johnalty it’s good to be back, though it would help if I came back and then didn’t disappear again for months! Sigh. I have good intentions and then life happens…

Well done, Raine! Thanks for the comp, John.

So, four very different entries this month. Eenie, meanie, minie, mo.

Seagreen made me laugh, Jill made me smile, Raine worried the hell out of me and Athelstone made me melancholy.Can’t separate you, all excellent.

But I’m going to give this months prize to Raine for all that energy and power.

Well done all of you!

Last day to get your entries in!

Thanks all. Was glad this one found a home, not having had much success with short fiction recently

I will say congratulations again on here, Laure! Absolutely brilliant. Well done!

Just caught up with this. What brilliant news, Janette. So very, very pleased for you. Congratulations! Well done. (News like this always gives me hope!!!) x

That’s amazing Elle, well done. Thoroughly deserved, of course. I love your craft, your prose is amazing and you’re one of those writers where every word is perfectly chosen, so I look forward very much to the result!

Wowee Wowee Wowee Janette! Well done you!! Absolutely amazing news.

Oh yes, under 400 words

The Spring Has Sprung

‘The birdies is upon the wing, but that’s absurd.’

Tom was on his hundredth rendition of the poem when I clutched his hand and pointed to the merry-go-round.

‘Look, Tom. Your Uncle Fred and I used to play on that when we were your age. Do you want a go?’

He pulled himself free and ran to it with excited bouncing s…[Read more]

Wow, brilliant news, Elle. All I can say, apart from well done, is that with that much interest, your book must be top notch!

Well done, Janette, good luck with the book!

Brilliant news, Janette. Congratulations 😊

Aaaaggghhhhhh!! Brilliant. And it’s everything to do with your own talent and efforts and what you deserve.

Really good, Daeds – and IMO we could all go out and respond publicly to your and Kaz’s FB posts with words to recognise how good this story is. Fantastic.