Part three of our serialised story by Queenie Young, Illustrated by Pete Hill It was unseasonably warm, but it didn’t matter to Lucy what the weather did – as long as it didn’t rain. It had been raining incessantly for the past week, so much so that the local river had swelled dangerously and eventually […]
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New Beginnings: Part Two
Part two of our serialised story by Queenie Young The sewing machine made a scary noise, then it jammed and then the needle broke. A line of blood trickled down Lucy’s hand. She puffed out her cheeks and sat back in her chair. She felt like crying, not because of the broken needle, or the […]
New Beginnings: Part One
Part one of our new serialised story by Queenie Young ‘Please don’t sulk Jack. Look, it’s a shiny van. Don’t you want to have a ride in it?’ Lucy coaxed. ‘No!’ said Jack and folded his arms resolutely. ‘You can’t sit on the front door step all day, you know, you’ll get cold. Besides,’ she […]
A Christmas Gift from Monmouthshire County Council
Monmouthshire County Council has agreed to run a free Christmas parking initiative in the town centre, for a third consecutive year. All parking in council-owned car parks in the town centre will be free on the first three Saturdays in December; that is, the 1st, 8th and 15th of December. The scheme, which is intended […]
Green Like the Sea
By Cath Barton I freely admit that it was a blunder to describe that colour as dull. I realise that it was careless of me. I can see that it upset you Anna and I’m so sorry. It’s really a very nice green and it will look wonderful on you and it’s great that you’re […]
Junk
And the final story has been written by myself. As editor of the Abergavenny Focus, I couldn’t help getting in on the Flash Fiction action too! By Hannah Hill She straightened the net curtains, the yellowing hem catching on the dust-clad objects that lined the sill. A thimble, decorated with a red fox […]
How it All Began
The following Flash Fiction is very special as it was kindly written by Philip Schofield during our Flash Fiction Event. Philip put pen to paper as the evening’s events unfolded and came up with this. Enjoy! By Philip Schofield It is a little known fact that Flash Fiction originated in Abergavenny in middle of […]
As Most Cats Do
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Robyn Pearce I padded slowly, as most cats do, up to the old stable and peered inside the gap between the doors. I saw the hooves of the horse, and heard a gentle ‘neigh’ from inside. I decided to slink through the small gap, as most cats do. […]
Are You Mad?
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Lily Newsam I love this skating it’s a really fun thing to do. Oh dear here comes my mum. She’ll go mad. Now the ice is starting to crack. If only I had been sensible enough to practice even better flying skills. Then I wouldn’t have to skate […]
The Lady in Disguise
Highly Commended Under 12 Years Category By Bethan White It was the seventh second, of the seventh minute, of the seventh hour, of the seventh day, of the seventh month, oh you get it there is lots of sevens. It all started when me and my family went on holiday to Miami in this spooky […]
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