Highly Commended Over 18s Category By Louisa Adjoa Parker In the end, their daughter, their girl, was nothing more than a bag of bones; a skull and pelvis, picked clean. Bones like bleached driftwood. They wanted to tip the black bin-bag she’d been found in upside down, shake out every last splinter of bone. […]
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Category Archives: Literature
How To Make Them Like You
Highly Commended Over 18s Category By Josephine Corcoran Make it look as though you are rubbing dirt from your forehead, from your heart, from one shoulder, then the other shoulder. Clasp your hands together in a way that makes them believe you are anticipating happiness. Always wear an electronic device. Don’t move your lips; […]
It Felt Like Sleeping
Highly Commended Over 18s Category By Jonathan Margetts A bottle of vodka in an open-air playground at night; bark-based pine surfacing; a rusted blue slide; a bin filled with crisp packets; ready salted, smoky bacon. Her breath was a combination of Mayfair cigarettes, Smirnoff and strawberry lip balm. We played with extra-safe Durex, and we […]
Touched
Highly Commended Over 18s Category By Natalie Bowers Kathy had only popped round to ask the deaf old dear to turn down her telly. “Jason’s on nights you see,” she said as she followed Mrs Carpenter along the hallway. “Never you mind about that, sweetie.” Mrs Carpenter shuffled along, gnarled fingers kneading the length of […]
The Sofa
Winner Over 18s Category By Barbara Weeks The sofa – long past its first flush of youth – sat exposed and embarrassed on the Trenton Cross roundabout. Dumped without ceremony, it was like some faded Hollywood starlet, once beautiful and feted, now aged and unloved. As I passed every morning on my way to work […]
Jubilee Books
Dozens of books have been released this year to celebrate all aspects of the Diamond Jubilee. Here are the 6 of the best picked by Emma at Book-ish. The Treasures of Queen Elizabeth by Tim Ewart £30.00 This stunning hardback comes in its own gift box and features 15 historical documents from key moments […]
Gary’s Lucky Day : Part 4
By Oliver Barton. Gary checked into his room in the Angel. Tomorrow he would report the theft of his wallet. For now he needed a drink. Several drinks. He went to the bar, and ordered a double scotch. ‘And free drinks for everyone,’ he said. With £384 million, why not? ‘I had a little win […]
You are invited to our FLASH FICTION EVENT
Calling all writers, readers and lovers of fiction. Following our very popular Flash Fiction competition that we recently ran in association with Bookish and The Word Counts writing group, we are very excited to invite you to our Flash Fiction Event on National Flash Fiction Day – Wednesday 16th May from 7.30pm at the […]
Rules of Civility
This month I thought we could all do with a bit of glitz and glamour, which is stylishly provided by Amor Towles in his debut novel Rules of Civility…pour yourself a Martini and loose yourself between the pages. Set in New York City in 1938, Rules of Civility tells the story of a watershed year […]
Gary’s Lucky Day: Part 3
By elbowing fiercely, Gary made sure he was at the door when the train reached Hereford station. He crossed over to the other platform. What luck! The display said a train was due in fifteen minutes. Ten minutes later, the display said that it was delayed by twenty minutes. Five minutes after that, it said […]
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