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Submitted to Contest #269
It had been a hard day at work. Jason, trudged home, feeling despondent, his boss annoyed him constantly. But he needed the money to pay the mortgage. The only way of paying off the mortgage is to have more money coming in. Jason passed a public house, and he thought shall I have a swift half. It will set me up for tonight. Why not? Jason opened the public house door and walked in. It is quiet, with a few drinkers enjoying a swift drink before going home to the family. The wife complaining that he smelt of drink, the kids needing a bath, the...
Submitted to Contest #267
Detective Inspector Paul McMillan started the journey from Dalroy near Inverness back to the Police Station in Inverness. It had been snowing heavily with an east wind blowing in the bitter cold air from Russia. Sitting next to him is Detective Sergeant Geoffery Hunt. They had been investigating a murder in Dalroy. It is a small hamlet but it has plenty of action. The investigation had not got anywhere. Both of then felt they were looking at the wrong people. The mobile in Geoffery’s jacket rang with the Star Wars theme. &n...
Submitted to Contest #266
Margret looked out of the window, it had rained all day, the day was so dreary, she had a book to finish her agent had been on the phone to her hourly. The phone receiver was red hot. The noise of the rain was like a broken record, it just went on and on. ‘I will never get this book done, I just can’t be bothered to do it but I need the money, I will lose the house if I can’t pay the mortgage, thought Margret to herself. ‘John, can you ...
Submitted to Contest #265
When I was nine years old, my parents decided to send me to visit my Granny and Grandad in South Benfleet England. We lived in Newport-on-Tay, in Fife in Scotland. My parents bought me a train ticket from Dundee to London Kings Cross. This was the days of the steam train. I caught the local train from Newport East to Dundee going over the Tay Railway Bridge. Then my dad put me on the train direct from Dundee to London Kings Cross. This was a huge adventure for me, travelling over five hundred miles by train. I found myself a seat on the trai...
Submitted to Contest #264
Chris awoke in his hotel room to the ringing of the telephone from reception. It was eight pm. It had been a perfect night’s sleep. The bed was so comfortable. He had arrived in time for dinner. Although he ate little, he had enjoyed the food. It was hot and tasty. Now he was looking forward to the wedding this afternoon. But first things first, the morning run. Chris slipped out of bed and pulled on his running gear. Grabbed the card that opened the door. No one was around in reception. He walked to the main door. Took a huge deep breath th...
Submitted to Contest #261
My life at school was not good. I got into all sorts of trouble. I failed my eleven-plus and ended up at Tayport Secondary School. That was supposed to be the pits. But I actually had quite a good time. I came second in my class. But the discovery in primary school I couldn’t see, and wearing glasses as a result, helped me write everything down correctly.Tayport School shut after a year and I went to Bell Baxter in Cupar. I did okay, but not great. Dr Maclaren called for a meeting with me and my parents at the end of the third year. I was to...
Submitted to Contest #252
The professor at my university was getting excited. One of his famous authors was writing a new book. Agatha was writing it by hand and producing a manuscript. No one knew what the story was about or anything else about it. But every time Agatha wrote a manuscript, it became a hot property. The last three manuscripts had made millions from having the book published.This time seemed no different. Agatha had been working on her book for three months. It had gradually been growing. It now contained over six hundred pages, all carefully written ...
Submitted to Contest #250
Giles sat in class on creative writing. The class had been great Giles had learnt so much about creative writing in a few weeks. Now they were going to be given homework for next week’s class. They were in the Farnborough Further Education College.The class were sitting in the canteen, well it was really lots of vending machines, at this time in the evening you could sample any chocolate bar you wanted at highly inflated prices. The healthy options that were advertised everywhere were all finished. The class got themselves plastic coffee, ho...
Submitted to Contest #249
It had happened my dream interview with a firm in Northern Island. They want me and I want to work for them. Being a diligent person, plan your journey to get to the interview at two pm on Tuesday.The easiest way is to get the underground from Brixton to Tottenham Hale, catch the Stanstead express to Stanstead, then catch the Easy Jet flight to Belfast by Easy Jet. What could be easier? The week before had my suit cleaned at the local dry cleaners, then got out the cotton wool and a little bit of water. Spent an hour bulling my shoes until t...
Submitted to Contest #245
The ship is sailing in the North Atlantic, it is getting close to Greenland on its way across the Atlantic to Canada to go into the Great Lakes. Our captain is an old sea dog, Marshall Blake, who has been around for donkey’s years, and thinks he knows everything. But this is not always the case, some of these up-and-coming young pups as he likes to call them know more that he does already. But he will never admit it. Who am I? I am the ship’s head cook; I have served under Captain Blake for fourteen years. Even although he has made very...
Submitted to Contest #244
The one thing David has always wanted is a decent camera.David is full of excitement he is going on holiday to Inverness. They fly from London Heathrow to Inverness. David is full of excitement, but keeps on reminding his paremts that he wants a new camera that is decent. But unbeknown to him they have bought him a new camera at Heathrow. They arrive at Inverness airport and catch the bus to Inverness. They book into the hotel, David loves Inverness, the clean fresh air and the scenery, wow the scenery. If only he had a decent camera, Dad an...
Submitted to Contest #243
Henry stirred, he stretched, his mouth felt so dry with the whisky he had been drinking. He could not remember at first where he was, then he remembered he had come to fix the problem on the space capsule. Life had not been good. His girlfriend dumping him last night. He fixed the problem without difficulty. Then a wee nip had been called for to drown his sorrows. Only the wee nip became a big nip, then a larger one, and the bottle finished. The pilot’s seat was so comfortable Henry had closed his eyes for a few minutes and nodded off t...
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