Category Archives: Poems and short stories

Security

Written https://fivedotoh.com/2023/03/21/fandangos-story-starter-89/ The warm, golden glow of the streetlight outside her bedroom window gave Marilou the illusion of security. Yet, she was a prisoner too, unable to step foot outside her flat. She tried, so many times. Stood in the doorway, hands around her waist, hugging herself, before climbing the wooden stairs, back to safety.Continue reading “Security”

Crazy Cheeks

Written in response https://christinebialczak.com/category/weekly-writing-prompt/ Bob, going in for a landing, regretted his choice of spice the previous evening. It seemed like a brilliant idea, ordering two curries. Two Birds, One Stone, a restaurant with a six feather review. Now, is bowels were going in for a landing before he was. The smoke roared out ofContinue reading “Crazy Cheeks”

In The Dark

Written in response to https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/03/20/reenas-xploration-challenge-272-ma-only-trigger-warning-explicit-content-deadly-wavelengths/. This is my opening to my novel (not quite polished) In The Dark. The prologue is set twenty years before the main story, when my main character is thirteen. I can slip in and out of Joe’s bedroom, what big bro don’t know. Pushing the white door, lightly, I whisperContinue reading “In The Dark”

Profit

My take on https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2023/03/18/weekend-writing-prompt-303-enterprise/ Enterprise, that’s what we need more of. Bobby looked at his friend, nearly twelve, ten cans of diet orange. ‘What’s this got to do with orange?’ ‘Mum got some for two pounds, at Lidl, I reckon, we could sell these for fifty pence each, make a tidy profit.’ ‘Five pounds, weContinue reading “Profit”

Spring

Written for http://gmgblog.ca/2023/03/13/five-word-weekly-challenge-2311/ Introspection, Spring equinox, as the moon shines brighter in the sky. Seeds, awakening from their deep sleep, smiling at the reflection of his best friend. Renewal, when buds push through the earth, thinking it is time, to spread their petals, their pollen to fly. Perhaps they should have been more dormant, justContinue reading “Spring”

Seaside

Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/03/12/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-253/ Sea, soft like silk ran over her feet. It was a memory like no other, a child, running towards the water, with her bucket in her hand. To build a moat, a sandcastle, with her dad. She loved being in the sea, the water rushing over her sandals. Holidays, at the seaside,Continue reading “Seaside”