short story
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26
To round off the season, (well, this is the penultimate post), I’m setting myself a challenge. I’ve imagined the first lines of 26 different stories. Each starting with a different letter. The idea is that they will become a collection of 26 short stories of varying genres but with a central premise. Canterbury Tales in Continue reading
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W-Wh
All my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet! – What? – What what? – I can’t understand you – Why? – You keep breaking up – Where are you? You sound like you’re in a cave – Where am I? Is that what you said? – Where. Are. You? – Continue reading
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Z-Zig Zag
All my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet! Zig, Zag. Zigzagzigzagzigzag. His head was spinning. He’d got home rather the worse for wear, zigzagging on his route so that he had probably taken longer to get there than he would have ordinarily. Throwing himself onto his bed, or rather, falling Continue reading
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K-Knock
A very short story. All my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet. Knock. Who’s there? Knock. I can hear you saying Knock. Who’s there? Knock, Knock. Yes, OK, I already asked “Who’s there?” Knock, Knock, Knock. She called out, No, you’re only supposed to say it twice, remember? You’re daft, Continue reading
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P-Perhaps
A Very Short Story All my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet! Perhaps it would be today. The eternal optimist, she woke up every morning thinking… Perhaps. It was a good way to wake up, a positive way, as if every day were a new leaf of the book that Continue reading
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X-Xylophone
A very short story. All my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet! I was born among the green and the brown. And sometimes, from beneath my mother’s boughs, I saw the blue. She named me Rose. I grew, little by little, as every living thing does, putting out feelers to Continue reading
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Ñ- Añoranza
Un Cuento Cortito. An English translation comes after. All my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet! Añoraba el mar. Añoraba la calma que le envolvía al escuchar las olas besando a las piedrecitas de la orilla. Aquí, todo era calma, hasta el punto del aburrimiento a menudo, y otras veces Continue reading
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C- Cuentos (Tales)
I’m making the most of the letter C for a Spanish word for this post! What follows is an extract from my novelette Cuentos del Pueblo, in Spanish, and Tales of the Village, in English. You can find the whole story to buy below: Ebook Español Ebook English Bilingual Paper book Scroll down for the Continue reading
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Y-Yonder
A very short storyAll my posts this season are “inspired by” a letter of the alphabet! But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. He sighs. Yonder is a stupid word, he thinks. It’s neither here nor there. He chuckles at his poor joke. The teacher Continue reading
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