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Short stories and flash fiction

  • How Failing as a Decent Human Being Taught Me Empathy

    I lost my first fiancee in a car crash.It does not take much imagination to realise how that would have had a devastating effect upon my life. It was several years later that I started dating again. One of the people I met was a girl called Rachel. We met, I took her for a…

  • The Tale of the Leopard Eagle

    Not many of us will have seen a Leopard Eagle nor, indeed, have even heard of it but, at one time, it was widespread across the world from East Asia, through Southern Europe, parts of Africa and into North America. The ‘Leopard’ Eagle is so-called because of the dark spots against a golden brown plumage,…

  • The Bench

    Every day, straight after school, my mates and I would run to the pub.Not to get a drink, we were all underage and still in school uniform, but because that is where the nearest bus stop was.If we were lucky, we would catch the first bus, especially if it was running a little late or…