All for Nothing

8 Dec 20158 Dec 2015

Monsieur D’Aubignay looked contentedly at his face in the pier glass. Behind his immaculate figure was reflected the exquisite Art Nouveau details of his delightful apartment on the Rue Cardinal Lemoine.…

What the Lowenbrau Saw

1 Dec 20151 Dec 2015

Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Little Wendy, the Danger Twins, Great Aunt Eunice and a unicorn made of stars drifted across the rainbow. "Look!...Pretty!" said little Wendy when the wildflowers growing…

Dolly Dimples in La La Land

24 Nov 201524 Nov 2015

Dolly Dimples in La La Land Dolly Dimples put on her best taffeta frock and a cupcake in her hair. “Perfect” she said to her reflection in the fish kettle.…

Driving Lesson-A Lowenbrau Tale

10 Nov 201510 Nov 2015

Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Little Wendy, and Great Aunt Eunice sat in the back seat of the 1975 Chevrolet Caprice. “Bertie” the Danger Twin and Mother were in the front about…

The Code of the Lowenbrau

3 Nov 20153 Nov 2015

Did the pedestal of this statue in Versailles house the Holy Grail? ...O... It's Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers time again and the Lowenbraus are at it again! Hope you…

The Butterfly’s One Summer

21 Oct 20159 Jan 2016

The Butterfly’s One Summer The butterfly had seen its one summer. The sunlight that shone from its wings newly unfurled now passed through the tattered network left from too much…

Imports FFfAW

13 Oct 201513 Oct 2015

Chesney! Oh Chesney dear wake up! What is it Barbara? I think we’ve stopped. Diddums, how many times have it told you to stop saying that? But I really think…

It’s Behind You!

7 Oct 20157 Oct 2015

It's Flash Fiction time again with stories 175 words and less! The photo prompt is of a theatre and so, I find that this is time to tell the 175…

Scrofulous Sal – A Lowenbrau Story

30 Sep 201530 Sep 2015

Little Wendy, Great Aunt Eunice, Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, the “Danger twins” and Mother were ensconced on the deck of an old wooden ship taking a cruise along the Brittany…

A Tragic Affair – 50 Word Story

22 Sep 201523 Sep 2015

Car. Sirens. Him, upside down. Her...vanished. The cliff. A light, far away. Her voice…too faint. A marriage, a mortgage, credit cards, debt…unemployment. A gun. A robbery. A high speed car…

Writes of Spring

22 Sep 201523 Sep 2015

Little Wendy, Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, the “Danger twins” and Mother had gone to see a vintage tractor show leaving Great Aunt Eunice with her easel in the garden. Springtime…

A Family Portrait

10 Sep 201510 Sep 2015

While the storm raged outside, the little family lived in their little world. Granny sat contentedly in the squashy armchair, deftly crocheting brightly coloured woollen squares from remnants of wool,…

Illegal Aliens!

1 Sep 2015

Thanks to Louise from The Story Teller's Abode for supplying the photo prompt for this weeks Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers prompt. I hope you enjoy the 175 word long…

Ping Back – A Lowenbrau Story

25 Aug 201528 Aug 2015

Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Mother, Little Wendy, and the “Danger twins” stared in horror. “Eunice, I strictly forbid it!” Great Aunt Eunice was recalcitrant. “If you do this Eunice I…

The Black-Eyed Doll. A fable

18 Aug 201518 Aug 2015

There once was a doll on a stick at a carnival stall. She lived with her sisters in a bucket until they were bought, one by one, for delighted children…