Category: Short Stories

Hello Hello I’m an old tree an old man I have been in the forest for hundreds of years Spring time is coming again.He spoke with a gravel deep voice. I’m an old Chestnut Tree I have born many children and now Spring has come and my little ones will be born again, The tree,bloomed […]

Well like Pinces Diana,and 9,11 every one new where they were. I finished my first book after 8 years.just posted when the news came on I wont  forget that date either  now RIP Her royal highness,will not be a funeral like it sinceWinston Churchill. God save the king,Charles the third.

An old pot sink in the garden,   god knows been there years,  slightly slimy green water, Great could be the atlantic ocean to me as a boy, better than the bath as that was inside the house, Any way mum didn’t appreciate bangers fireworks going off in the bathroom even after Work she could smell […]

Cant remember what was playing on the great big bush radio record player cabinet in the bedroom .used to be in the front room in the old council house  a great big piece of furniture, well made walnut, played 78  45  and 33. I only used to see that once a week on Sundays lol […]

I cant have been the only one There you are in PC  world ,  don’t know what the hell you looking at I mean they had just come out hadnt they And the last time you saw anything looking as complicated ,was a calculator Before that the abacus That’s what u had at 4 years […]

Michael Winner Michael winner is in the book, why,.I suppose in one way he was an inspiration lets start at the beginning. Must have been around 1992     3  or  4  when I was in Tenerife selling timeshare for a certain accused famous person involved with the a  bullion robbery not something I want to talk about further […]

<Ahoy there jim lad, get on board> said the captian,they looked stormy seas and in such a small boat.>it be a long  and hard sail to get our ship back stolen from blackbeard.Are you ready lad to take on blackbeard and his men, me boy, if not, stay back now, they be much danger on […]

Have you ever had an experience youll never for get that makes your hair stand on end. Ive had a few but one ill never forget ,I was in the phillipines for xmas,staying with ma  and  pa , about 1999 ,well that was their names too me.In a shanty hut just outside manila maybe 1 […]

Id been in there 30 mins or so,slightly smoky,dim lights,trying to read the local paper above the noise of the card players on the next table. The Spanish football on the  tv screen and the sound of the slot machine. Local gossip entering my head , half listening and then having to re  read the […]

Got to be a crisp night, no clouds.and no street lighting. .a short poem entitled LOOK  UP Im always surprised When I look with my eyes  the stars are dead I cant get that trough my head/ The end.

A simple story. Just facts , no descriptive imagination , no lengthy words to get you in a mood. My dad about 75 My girlfriends mum about 69. Widower  and widow. Meeting introduced by son and daughter. Leeds market the meeting point…….not paris. A cup of tea later at a stall. The introductions  …….hi dad  this […]

the scene…….a council house in castleford circa 1966…..well ponte,, knottingly or featherstone,,,,,maybe kippax but thats a bit posh fred walks in after work fred. ay up lass how is tha margie…..im fine lad im working on this. fred..whats that then ont told table margie……its me noootepad im workin on.. fred…note pad whats tha mean ,,,tha […]

cant  sleep……..stupid  arguement…….nearly  midnight…….need  to  write something  down thats  what happens  …….is  it  …i  dont know….i feel  like that woman  on   sex and  the city  lol if  youve seen the  series…….always  typing  things  down  writing  notes when things happen in her  life.. . Since  i started  writing  notes  ,  ……………….  lost dad…. funny….. dedications […]

Id    gone  home dad  wasnt buried yet…arangements still to be done…and  went  up town….walked  not caught the bus…. couldnt stand at the bus   stop…….i suppose  memories  of the  buggar complaing they never come on time.. you  might not know Pontefract ,   but  just as you come to the town hall,they made it […]

Steve Lipner ok ill do my speach ……now after each stop ,,,, you all have to clap…….its called a suspended applause……..in the audience youll see a guy hold up a sign saying,,,,,,clap now,,,,,,,when i want to speak again….you see a sign goes up…..shut the fukk up,,,,, then i talk a bit more , then you […]