Deep Dive into Adventure

As you might know (or more likely you might not since I’m unimportant), I love YA fiction, both to write and read (although I’ve outlived the age group by many, many…many years), spiced with a heady cocktail of adventure, mystery, romance, fantasy...

The Accident

Something hit him, or he hit something, hard; he was sure of it. The car rocked violently. Enough to cram his heart in to his mouth, he didn’t see it, he didn’t see anything. The heavens had opened up and his demister was struggling impotently against a clouded...

The Honourable Beggar

He almost took off the mendicant’s arm when he pushed it away. There was spite in his rejection. ‘You scum! why don’t you find some honest employment, without being parasites?’ words spat out with unrestrained passion. They got to camp under the shady haven of the...

The ‘Beast’ goes digital

The Beast It’s been a while. It was time to release the ‘Beast’ in to digital. Some people get warm and fuzzy with a paperback or hardback in their hand, under their pillow or…or on their library shelf. Watching it gather dust and growing old...

Silhouettes

‘Look another one mother,’ Bindu stood up holding yet another seashell, it was a very bright purplish blue, a rare sight. He possessed thousands more, treasures he had amassed from their evening walks along the shore, just before the onset of high tide. She rustled...

How I met my Grandma

My parents were quite excited about the visit, luckily it was not infectious. She was going to share my room, eat into my independence; it was easy to dislike her. I had never seen grandma before; she was a voice over the phone and a face that stared back from some...