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.
Tag: short-story
Short Story: The House Clearance, the Daughter and the Constable
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.
Short Story: Love On The 11am Newhaven to Dieppe Ferry.
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 2
An innocent rhubarb growing competition between a couple of best friends escalates into full scale growing combat and violence in … More
Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 26: Cupid’s Arrow.
by Chris Harris The Dean and Piotr revolution continued down at the south coast. The Denham fans nearly outnumbered the … More
Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 23: The Double Whammy!
by Chris Harris But then came Black Wednesday, the day things started to go wrong. When the longest honeymoon in … More
Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 22: The Catering Contract….Or Not!
by Chris Harris The appearance on Dragon’s Den had left Catherine Brown in something of a quandary. Only a few … More
Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 21: Dragon’s Den.
by Chris Harris Catherine Brown was a very confident person on the face of it. A fractured upbringing and fifteen … More
Inside Denham Phoenix FC: A Fantasy Weekly Non-League Football Soap-Part 18: Fall Out With Big Mal Cup Exits and a Sad Face Emoji for Greg
by Chris Harris In the end, Greg and Catherine met on Sunday morning for coffee at Heaven is a Percolator. … More
