• The Morning After the Night Before

    The Morning After the Night Before

    You know the one where someone shows you a work of art or even just an everyday household object, and it inspires you to write something? I’ll show you mine, you show me yours…

  • Dialogue

    Dialogue

    I was asked to write something entirely in dialogue. I’m not the greatest talker in the world but when it comes to imagining a dialogue that’s easier for me… see what you think.

  • Horror flash

    I wrote this piece when my friend Lauren brought in another yet another great idea – write some flash fiction. She gave us the idea that a little boy was in bed, meant to go to sleep, but he couldn’t, for the very good reason that he thought there was something hiding under the bed!

  • Writer’s Block

    Anyway I was tellin’ you about this geezer. Supposed to have done a lot he has. A lotta writin’ not a lotta wacky baccy! Does a lot of soul searchin’ too I expect. Staring out the window, I mean. Often see him, looking down at me I do. Why me I’ve no idea. I’m not…

  • Just like Conan Doyle?

    Don’t deny you always wanted to write like Conan Doyle? Me too. So I gave it a go.

  • Adolphus and Me

    What if a fascist group rose to prominence in the United States, sometime round about now? Huh? Well what would YOU do?

  • Haiku

    A haiku is a 3-line poem with 17 syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Thought I’d give it a bash!

  • En Ronda

    This poem was inspired by a photograph of a building awning I saw in September 2007, in Ronda, Southern Spain. The huge photo depicted some famous local bullfighters…

  • Ash crisis?  What ash crisis?

    Ash crisis? What ash crisis?

    When the airline says its safe to fly again, sadly it looks like our holiday is nearly over

  • On Holiday in the Shadow of the Volcano

    On Holiday in the Shadow of the Volcano

    When the volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted in Iceland in 2010 it caused enormous disruption to air travel across western and northern Europe and also to my holiday! Read all about my holiday issues here …