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Sunday, 22 September 2024

Flash Fiction - Don't

Don't" Laura begged, her lovely long blonde locks flowing in the cool night wind. She wanted me to stay but I knew I couldn’t. 

She'd cheated on me for the last time. I couldn't keep on forgiving her; this was the last time. She had to understand how how much pain she had caused.

"Don't" a teary-eyed Laura pleaded once more, her hand gripped my arm ever more tightly. 

However, I had already decided to let her go, and watched as she faded away into the dark sky, clutching and grabbing frantically at empty air.


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This was my competition entry into a 100 word Flash Competition 

Saturday, 26 June 2021

Flash Fiction - Three Fat Men

Three fat man came up the stairs. 

I got a bat wrapped around my head. 

Taekwondo kicked in, and I saved my life, but didn't bubble up so the police ruined my life. 

To be a grass, or to not be a grass, that was the question.


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This was published in a Flash Fiction Book "50 Short Stories Of 2021" After Winning Their Flash Fiction Competition For one entry of the year.

Flash Fiction - Doctor

I'm thinking no doctor can fix me,

and why are hospital wards so noisy.

What do these tubes of liquid pump into me.

Do any nurses look on with real pity?

A week in bed then home thankfully.

I thought God, why do bad things always happen to me.


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Tuesday, 16 March 2021

Miss Communication

Hi there, I don't know if you remember me but I was up town last Saturday at the anti-lockdown protest. I saw you choke out that cop and then give him a good boot in the head. I filmed it on my phone and put it up on TikTok. It's already got over 100,000 views. I don't know if you saw me but I really liked your cahones. Get back to me as I am going up next weekend. Here's my address and mobile no.


Yes, I was there on the South bank giving the coppers a good beating. They deserved it. I didn't realise it was you who had filmed me and put me up on the Internet though. I saw myself choke him to the ground on Twitter the other night about twenty times and wondered how it had got there.


It was great, it was me, you are famous. Everyone in the anti-lockdown movement thinks your a hero for what you did. You really showed them we won't take any more. Are you coming up town next weekend?


Well to be honest I wish you hadn't had filmed me doing that at all. Once it was all over the web, I was facially recognised by those modern cameras cops all have in London and I had my door broken down in the week and got nicked for ABH. I have to go to court on Monday now, probably looking at a 5 stretch for assault on old bill. You really fucked my life up by putting that film online, you twat. When I get out I'm coming for you.


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Based on a lockdown protest in Germany...



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