Stories, satire and writing from Christopher Harris. Home of the fictitional Sussex village of Denham, its characters, its football club and the books growing out of them.
Trevor was the undisputed pub philosopher, holding court with his cronies and declaring himself an expert on everything. But when he unexpectedly falls for Petunia, a mixed-race barmaid, his deeply ingrained prejudices threaten to expose the man behind the bluster.
Julie Stevens once had Lewes at her feet. Now, her greatest pleasure is causing chaos outside her daughter’s school, where every angry motorist feeds her insatiable appetite for attention. But when love unexpectedly enters her life, one final act of vanity sets in motion a tragedy nobody could have imagined.
A Facebook Marketplace furniture sale turns into a nightmare when a charming buyer claims woodworm. Isaac discovers a scam far bigger than he imagined.
When a friend told me the stories in my book were too long, my first instinct was to disagree. Then I thought about it. Six days later, I’d written two Very Short Stories — and accidentally discovered an entirely new direction for my writing.
A last-minute house clearance, a difficult daughter and a painting nobody had noticed. What Duncan Drew finds behind a toilet door turns an ordinary Friday morning into something nobody involved will forget.
A four-hour ferry crossing to France, an attractive woman in the seat in front and a Frenchman with considerably more confidence than me. What follows is a tale of romance, cowardice, Gallic charm and an unexpected ending — and, rather worryingly, some of it is completely true.
Custard, Crumble and the Roobarb Punch. Part 1 An innocent rhubarb growing competition between a couple of best friends escalates … More
An innocent rhubarb growing competition between a couple of best friends escalates into full scale growing combat and violence in … More
by Chris Harris Denham, the fictitious village where most of my stories are based, is actually based only a couple … More
