Category Archives: Attempts at writing

Going through stuff written over the years, I discovered a poem I had written for my Dad. Of course, I never told him that I had written a poem for him and he would have been embarrassed at the thought … Continue reading →

I wrote this story back in the spring as an entry for the Yeovil Literary Prize and posted it on For the Fainthearted, my other blog. It is a story that was inspired by an old lady in our village … Continue reading →

This was an unsuccessful entry into the annual Yeovil Literary Prize Short Story Competition. The garden gate of the cottage opened directly onto a road where someone unaware of the hazards of country roads might legally drive at sixty miles … Continue reading →

This story was entered for the Frome Festival Short Story Competition but failed to make the long list: Reaching for his phone, he switched off the alarm. It surely could not be seven already. A friend’s birthday the previous day … Continue reading →

Having entered a succession of short story competitions over the past decade and, this year, having submitted entries for festivals as far apart as Yeovil and Edinburgh, a runners-up prize was won in the Worcs LitFest flash fiction competition. The … Continue reading →