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Going out Halloweening with my daughter (30) and granddaughter (2) reminded me of the days I used to take out my daughter and son when they were young. I taught them never to knock on doors where there may be the elderly, or where the house was in darkness. Pre-Covid and it was safer toContinue reading “Last Two Days – Halloween Prompt”

Closing Statements As Richard Blake gave his closing argument, he studied every person on the jury like they were his friends. ‘My learned counsel would have you believe that this woman didn’t remember killing her husband. That this is through loss of control because of a long-term volatile relationship. But we know Thomas was havingContinue reading “Sunday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again”

‘That must have made you so angry Mrs Whitman. Seeing the man, who promised you his affair was over, but having dinner with this same woman.’ ‘I was furious, I didn’t want to believe he could do that to me,’ Martha said. ‘Was it then you came up with the plan to murder your husband?’Continue reading “Saturday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again”

As a child I loved watching musicals, my absolute favourite was Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly. A story about a film star who finds love. The movies went from silent to talkies and the female star couldn’t sing, so they got in a singing double. This famous scene was recreated in a comedyContinue reading “Friday Flashback – A Musical or Three”

Martha Defendant A sea of rapt faces watched as Martha made her way to the witness stand. The face of suburbia. In her pale-blue suit she tried her best to make Thomas proud. Long, slow, and deliberate breaths and she stared around the court room. Just like their neighbourhood watch meetings, it would be overContinue reading “Tuesday Trials – Martha – A Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again”

Have you been to any movies that you absolutely expected to enjoy, but ended up hating? Or perhaps you went begrudgingly to a film with someone else and ended up enjoying it despite your expectations? Let us know about a time when a movie defied your expectations. What made it better or worse than expected?Continue reading “For Truthful Tuesday”

If you travel through the haunted forest, Make sure you take a friend or three. There are ghosts, and ghouls a plenty, who will gladly make you pay the toll of the living, will put your heart to the test. If you travel through the haunted forest, you will join them in their rest.

‘No further questions, Your Honour,’ Barbara Craven said, sitting down. Looking importantly at his notes and then back up at the witness, Richard Blake rose to his feet and gave an important sigh before he continued with his cross examination. ‘Apart from these two occasions, did you ever encounter the accused?’ ‘No.’ ‘The injuries thatContinue reading “Sunday Snippet – From It Won’t Happen Again”