‘A penny for your thoughts,’ he said. ‘Did you know pennies are walked on, walked over, forgotten, worthless? Are my thoughts worthless?’ He hadn’t meant that at all but he knew when not to argue. ‘Did you also know there are 27 million victims of human trafficking who are walked on, walked over, forgotten…used for […]
Micro Fiction
The waves arched their back, rolled and crashed leaving a dirty brown froth along the beach. She zipped up her coat. Sunglasses protected her eyes but the sand provided a late afternoon facial as it swirled and twisted in a vortex brought about by The Fremantle Doctor. Summer was quickly disappearing caught between this south-west […]
She had a secret. It belonged to him and her. She hid it in the chambers of her heart, cherishing it, savoring it, smiling at its beauty. She could keep a secret. She smiled when crossing the road. She smiled working at her desk. She dreamt of future days and nights…allowing the secret to grow. […]
The sky was dusty red as the sun took its last gasp for the evening. Ruth and Margaret hadn’t intended remaining so late. Lost in an historical time warp, they didn’t notice day’s end. 16th Century headstones…18th Century family crypts…told stories of disease, murder and hangings. Noticing the late hour they huddled together. An ancient […]
The Villa’s lights lit the night sky…music drifted on the wind. She stepped from the car, closed her eyes, stilled her mind and listened. A heart whispered back. She followed the crowd through the front door, into the garden. Tables were covered in all manner of food…a banquet befitting a king’s celebration. She ignored the […]
She emptied her mind, leaving only thoughts of him. This was their place, their secret forest. Here she hoped to reach him. In life their connection was strong. His spirit was born to mystery…his soul receptive to the unknown. The essence of his life was to live, love and dream. She hoped to capture that […]
October 21st 1805 – Shortly after dawn the British Fleet advanced in two columns. Admiral Nelson sent a signal to his fleet ‘Engage the enemy more closely.’ The Victory closed in…its battery of cannon firing. At 1.15pm, from Redoubtable, a French a musket ball struck Nelson. His wound would be fatal. Continuing to follow Nelson’s […]
Hades broke through the ground driving a chariot of black horses. He seized Persephone from the garden and fled back to the underworld. Demeter, the harvest goddess desperately searched for her daughter, neglecting earth’s bounties in her sadness. A great famine came to pass. Concerned by this neglect, Helios told Demeter what occurred. Angered, Demeter […]
Her long red hair was unkempt. Her deep-throated moan reverberated off the wall. Her eyes held mine. They reached into my soul, and twisted my human supremacy beliefs upside down. Why am I here? Who did this to me? Were they her questions or mine? Her tiny baby squirmed in her arms. Our eyes remained […]
His face contorted in fury. Nose to nose they glared. ‘How dare you question my authority.’ he roared. No one spoke ‘Your place is here beside your father.’ ‘Never,’ the son declared. ‘I will not be a party to your cruel tyrannical ways Father.’ ‘You call me a tyrant?’ The father raged. Defiantly the son […]