For forty years I lived in a small village on Exmoor in Devon with a population of about 250 people. Three years ago I moved six miles to Lynton, a huge seaside village of 1500 people. There was always a strong literary community in Parracombe and, with the advent of a Community Trust to sustainContinue reading “A Short Story Competition”
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Until Death
(Until Death is a 1250 word short story) I fell in love with my husband when I was eighteen. Everyone said I was too young for him and he was too old for me, but we had three happy years together before I killed him. Derek had bought me a four-wheel-drive car, more like aContinue reading “Until Death”
Late Mail
(Late Mail is a 300 word murder mystery) My phone pinged with a message. I expected it to be a friend, checking in after David’s funeral. ‘Hello Lauren. You think you’ve got away with it, don’t you?’ It was David, but it couldn’t be, we’d just cremated him. Someone had hacked his account. ‘Who isContinue reading “Late Mail”
First Love
(First Love is a 1250 word short love story) Mary moved to a small village on the coast within a year of Vernon’s death. Her friends told her it was too soon, that she ought to wait and not make decisions so hastily but, if anything, she had waited too long. They never had childrenContinue reading “First Love”
