Turning Point

As she heard the door slam and the key turn in the lock, Gemma began to shake. She’d managed to hold herself together until now; answered all their questions and even phoned Roger, leaving a message on his voice mail.…

A Wedding Day

The small gold filigree basket captured the sunbeams as they filtered through the lace voiles, giving the illusion that the small antique object was magically sprinkled with stardust. It was sitting on the dressing table in room 206.   The year…

The Laundry Basket

I sat on the bathroom stool and opened the laundry basket. It had been a fabulous day out, just the two of us. The twin’s PJ’s lay on the top, they’d been for a sleep-over at my mum and dad’s.…

Catch a falling star

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket Never Let it fade away You remember that old 50s hit by Perry Como? It came to be, for me, the signature tune for our island. For the first few…

The Kidnappers

It is true – I was kidnapped and held for ransom by a soldier dressed like one of Fidel Castro’s men. It was the second day of my new job in the city. I was seventeen years old and in…

Stephanie

Stephanie studied her face in the mirror. ‘Not bad,’ she thought, ‘not bad considering.’ Even at forty she wasn’t just pretty or attractive but incredibly beautiful. Her childhood was happy, everybody loved her and school had been a breeze. She…

The Christmas Visit

The first time my wife came to see me after our enforced separation I was more than a little surprised. It had been over a year now and to be quite honest I never thought that I would see her…

Autumn Erotica

Romantic autumn

She can’t wait to get all her leaves off,’ grumbled the conifer, glaring at the silver birch opposite. ‘Ohhhhhh, ohhhhhhhh, I feel so free, so free,’ she cried, waving her branches flirtatiously. ‘Free and easy, if you ask me,’ the…