Category: Short story
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Celebrate In Style
Happy New Year – And Thank you for reading all year! A short mystery – enjoy. Celebrate In Style ‘Ssh, here he comes,’ Janice said.Paula grinned and tapped her friend’s thigh. Both girls looked up at Ade as he smiled, ‘Hello, girls, how are you both? Can I offer you a drink?’Janice slid her glass…
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Peachcroft Woods
Odd things happen when boys lose their ball! Colin Devonshire ‘Go on, go and get it. What a baby!’ said Perks.‘Go on, then you get it,’ said Gums.‘I’m not getting it; you kicked it, you fetch it!’ ordered Smithy.I looked at my friends, but no one budged. Myself included.We all lived on a council-run estate;…
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Fortune
Magic potions – do you believe in them? Short story by Colin Devonshire Fortune ‘It is so exciting. I am so lucky, imagine, to be the girlfriend of a pop star,’ Gloria said. Her friend, Jessy, raised her eyebrows again.‘Yes, you are the luckiest girl in our village,’ Jessy said.‘Do you think he will buy…
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Pi Prai
A tale updated from Thai folklore by Colin Devonshire Pi Prai ‘I’m so excited; I can’t wait to see the river,’ Libby said.‘We’ve still got classes to teach. Then we can relax and enjoy the trip,’ answered Libby’s boyfriend, Pan.‘Have you ever fancied teaching in England?’‘Would they employ a Thai teacher to teach English? I…
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Mates
Can friends get you in trouble? Read this short story by Colin Devonshire… Mates The sound of a textbook slamming on a desktop silenced the class, even the two boys fighting in the corner.‘Pavlok and Jones, my office, now,’ said the headmaster as he turned and stormed down the corridor.‘Idiot, now look what you’ve done,’…
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Red Lipstick, Green Bananas
An updated tale from Thai folklore, by Colin Devonshire Red Lipstick, Green Bananas ‘Leave me alone, please. I’ve had enough of you and this country,’ Micky said as he stormed to the garden and slumped onto a bench.‘Oh, darling, come back and talk to me,’ Bell pleaded. Micky’s early retirement had not worked out as…
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Organic Gardening
By David M Smith Organic Gardening Organic GardeningbyDavid M. Smith Fred and I are serious allotment holders. The allotment society ran the allotments with a committee of which we were both members. Serious gardeners. We grew our vegetables there, as did most people, but a few focussed on flowers instead, usually if they took part…
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Golden Boy
Not for those with a delicate stomach. Short horror tale by Colin Devonshire Golden Boy ‘Well, Sugar, it’s your birthday soon. What do you want as a gift?’‘First, don’t call me Sugar. It is not my name. It’s the name you call all those bar sluts, when you can’t recall their names.’‘Okay, okay, did you…
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The Bet
A dark classic, what do you think? The Bet by Anton Chekhov It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been many clever men there, and there had been interesting conversations.…
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Miss Brill
Dark Novels are looking for authors willing to share a short story or two with our readers. Dark and up to 3,000 words. We love it if there’s a kick at the end. ‘Miss Brill’ by Katherine Mansfield Although it was so brilliantly nuanced—the blue sky powdered with gold and great spots of light like…
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