Babymaking
Matt’s head peeped from behind our ensuite’s door. ‘You up for it again? Third try and fingers crossed?’
Legs crossed, more like.
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Lesley Atherton
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Some Thoughts On Short Stories
Sometimes wonderful writing creeps up on you by stealth. It may seem simplistic, perhaps overly so, or even naïve - or primitive. But...
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Bookends
‘So, this is the freedom you were talking about. It stinks.’
I nodded. ‘But we can still be friends.’
‘Friends?’ she spluttered.
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Ideas... Too Odd, Too Many, Too Few
A week ago I started watching ‘Stranger Things’ and have now reached the end of what’s currently available on Netflix. I resisted the sh
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Hot and Cold
Perfection. That’s what she was, and I was sure that today would work out just the way I’d planned.
Lesley Atherton
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Mother Gracie
Mother Gracie shuffled over to her stove. Raq remained where he was. Long gone were the days when he followed at her skirt hems if she move
Lesley Atherton
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Photographic Studio
Photographic studio
Child and mother? Or sister and brother?
A photographic studio, in best clothes, matching mustard and apple green?
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It's a Gamble
Who’s to say why you’re so easily misled and discouraged? There’s no point asking because you won’t answer. It isn’t that you have
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The New Rumplestiltskin
Graham twitched awake and immediately found himself not only bound and gagged, but in deep confusion about how he’d ended up in that state.
Lesley Atherton
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Just Keep Breathing
‘Just keep breathing,’ he said.
‘You’ll be alright,’ he said.
‘I’ve got you,’ he said.
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Restorative Art
A tiny wipe revealed a glimmer of something unexpected. Issy dabbed a little more. Usually at this stage in the restoration process...
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Divine Laundry Room
It's volatile, our daily life, but not as volatile as the fieriness I feel on those few occasions when my indignation gets too much to...
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John Marched - But for What?
John was accustomed to fighting his own demons, but this was different – this was forced battle with the demons of others. His feet...
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