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Pressing Pause

February 15, 2011 By latesha randall

The trickle of water slowly continued winding its way down the windscreen. Rose frowned. It was just enough to be annoying, especially in the centre of her vision, but not so much that she could justify flicking on the wipers to be rid of it. She noticed the speedometer climbing, as her usual morning battle against the fearsome combination of a Mother’s to-do list and the 8:30am start at work began. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: fiction, short story

Harry and Edgar 12

January 25, 2011 By Tabitha

They were all glad they’d taken the opportunity for the outing as the weather turned sour the very next day. Bitterly cold. “Too cold for snow,” observed Edgar, and it was. The wind howled from the east bringing the hard iciness of the plains of Siberia. The east wind rarely bothered that part of the south coast but this particular winter it roared over the whole of Britain. [Read more...]

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Harry and Edgar 11

January 25, 2011 By Tabitha

So life in the household went on, more or less peacefully.

One day when Harry had gone out alone, he felt like a bit of his own company, Edgar took the opportunity to sit down with Betsy over a cup of coffee and a biscuit. “Betsy,” he said, “I’ve been wanting to say something very personal. Actually, it’s a question.” He hesitated and Betsy looked at him enquiringly, “Go on,” she said. [Read more...]

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