Sunday Stupidity

10 Apr 201710 Apr 2017

Miss Moppet arose at the usual hour of 2.30am to begin her day. She tie-dyed the bed sheets a charming vermillion shade and draped them purposefully over the hydrangeas, being…

The Savage Mask – A Fable

2 Apr 201713 Aug 2017

There once hung upon a wall a very large savage mask, or at least that is what the current master of the house referred to him as. The mask had…

If the Conniption Fits…

8 Sep 20168 Sep 2016

  Lavinia really had the most frightful temper. It seemed that she was eternally on the watch for the least opportunity to go for the jugular. Daphne (the Arty one)…

Strange Gyrations – Flash Fiction

30 Aug 201630 Aug 2016

"I specifically told Eunice not to drink absinthe while taking cold medicine." "She never listens" "Well now who is going to fly the helicopter?" (silence) "We could jump." "Well 'apres…

A Tale of Treasure – Part 2

4 Jul 20164 Jul 2016

When last we met I was on the verge of taking my seat at the auction house, preparing to face a battle royale for a silver chalice that I had…

Cheesed Off! – A Lowenbrau Tale

24 May 2016

Grandmamma and Grandpappa Lowenbrau, The Danger Twins, Great Aunt Eunice, Little Wendy and Mother were the first to notice the smell. “Oh my days! What’s died!” “Don’t look at us!”…

A Family Portrait – Lowenbrau Family

25 Mar 201625 Mar 2016

A good Friday at home and a chance to write for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Friday Fiction for Ronovan Writes, Cee's Compose Yourself Photo Challenge, Photo 101 and French…

A Peculiar Mess

29 Feb 20161 Mar 2016

"You, my dear, are exactly like a puddle." "I beg your pardon?" "A puddle! You know, those annoying puddles that you get when you knock over something hard to clean…

Flash Fiction – Tonight You Die

19 Feb 201619 Feb 2016

I had come to St Malo for inspiration, a fugitive from my past, starting a new life as an artist. Standing on the causeway between St Malo and the Grand…

Unattended

16 Feb 201616 Feb 2016

Friday Fiction prompt from Ronovan Writes this week invites us to contrive a short fiction piece using a favorite line from a film. As my favorite line from a film happens…

National Oyster Day

7 Feb 20167 Feb 2016

  The amazing oyster beds of Cancale in Brittany. You can buy oysters by the dozen on the shore but beware! We all know what that can lead too! ...oOo...…

Golden Earrings

29 Jan 201629 Jan 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWnVg5eidq8 There’s a story, the Gypsies know is true, that when your love wears golden earrings, love will come to you. And so, after many fruitless hours driving through the…

Fine Work – FFfAW

20 Jan 201620 Jan 2016

Take a stroll down Lullaby Lane and Call on Mrs Gwendoline Jones. She spends her days unpicking realities and re-stitching them into dreams. Every evening she can be found, needle…

Haste Makes Waste

18 Jan 201618 Jan 2016

Barbara could not resist “Motto” ware, so when she heard of a particularly good example appearing in the window of Isinglass and Snood’s Antiques she naturally hurried to gain the…

What? No Hanky Panky? FFfAW

12 Jan 201612 Jan 2016

Little Wendy, Mother, The Danger Twins and Grandmamma and Grandpappa Lowenbrau had trudged behind Great Aunt Eunice about the streets of St Malo for two hours hoping to rediscover the…