Geoff played the music not for practice, but to just let himself go. It was not something that non-musicians would understand. Whilst you had to learn the technical skill, whilst you had to practice again and again, whilst you could perform for hundreds upon thousands of people, making them cry, making them laugh, making them … More Music (From the Archives)
It settles beneath your skin, into your very bones. You cannot help it. It is like a virus, slipping past your defences. You cannot help but feel the cold shiver running down your spine as you look at the clock and calculate how little time you have. The ask is too much, you know it. … More Stress (100 Words)
First posted in 2018. || Image Credit: Photo by Alice Hampson on Unsplash Not truth. Truth is about fact. Black and white. Right and wrong. Honesty is about emotion. Feelings, raw and naked. It is crying, hard tears as you choke out secrets. It is screaming your hatred at someone. It is holding someone close as you confess your love … More Flash Fiction – Honesty (From the Archives)
First posted in 2018. || Image Credit: Photo by Alice Hampson on Unsplash A sickening twisted, warped view of the world. That you are right. That the world is wrong. That even worse, the world owes you something. And when you don’t get it? Well, you do what you’ve always done. What you always will do because you refuse to … More Flash Fiction – Delusion (From the Archives)
Some songs, some music, touches parts of you that you otherwise cannot interact with. The parts of you that you can’t handle without a tune to sooth the pain away, to allow yourself to look inwards at the cause of the pain and sit with it. Learn from it. Heal. There are songs that teach … More Flash Fiction – Song (A Teacup Story)
First posted in 2017. || Image Credit: Photo by Alice Hampson on Unsplash Anger is a good emotion, a strong emotion. It is an emotion which comes from wanting to fight back against the world, a person, a situation. It is vibrant reds and oranges, it is pure brilliant white like the heat of a forge. Anger shapes you, if … More Flash Fiction – Goodbye Anger (From the Archives)
[100 Words – a short story based on one word in 100 words or less] It’s not fair, and you know it. You want it. You want what they have. You feel your mind growling at how unjust it is that they have that and you don’t. You can’t have it. It’s not yours. But … More 100 Words – Jealousy
[Stories on a Theme – a weekly theme that I use as a spring board for short stories over the weekend. Catch up with the posts on my IG] It’s the almost home feeling, the place before you’re truly home but you’re so close. You sigh. Your journey is almost over. It doesn’t matter where … More Almost There – “Stories on a Theme” (Home)
[100 Words – a short story based on one word in 100 words or less] Gentle, comforting. A warm embrace, a gentle encouragement to do better. That’s what you think it means. But you know it also is the fact you’re not as strong as you thought. You’re not strong. You’re not hard as stone. … More 100 Words – Soft
[100 Words – a short story on the word in the title based on 100 words or less] Beginnings. Starting afresh. The joy of the unknown. The possibility of an uncharted journey. But also the fear. The doubt. The worry that it won’t work out. The worry that you should stick with what you know. … More 100 Words – New
