The right to vote we are told that they fought hard to gain for us. I believe people deserve equal rights and that is a truth we should all aim for. One of the ways that individuals can influence governmental decision-making is through voting in parliamentary elections. But this includes millions of people sharing theContinue reading “United Nations”
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Short Story – Apocalypse: Save Us – Part 3
She held her knees as she leant over taking deep breaths. She had seen their odd unblinking eyes and suddenly they had all blinked a second set blinking sideways. A person suddenly put their hand on her shoulder, “Miss Thrimble? You appear to be unhappy. Can I help in anyway?” She looked at the womanContinue reading “Short Story – Apocalypse: Save Us – Part 3”
Short Story – Apocalypse: The Fortieth Day – Part 2
Humans have a religious thing about the number forty, they said forty days of floods with Noah, forty days of Elijah’s journey, Moses forty days on Mount Sinai, Jesus’s forty days of fasting in the wilderness, Israelites wandering for forty years, Goliath’s terror for forty days. Forty seems a constant biblical number. Never being religious,Continue reading “Short Story – Apocalypse: The Fortieth Day – Part 2”
Short Story – Thank goodness it is Friday – Part 5
She waited the good three minutes for her computer to start. While waiting her stomach appeared to be doing a ventriloquist act with the desk across the aisle. She was then telling herself that only eating a cucumber salad was a dangerous diet choice as the gas would most likely cause her insides to continueContinue reading “Short Story – Thank goodness it is Friday – Part 5”
Short Story – Thursday’s Thirsty – Part 4
We all read the articles studying the decreased productivity after three days of work. Employers who went with a three day on and four day off became much more productive. But then the Japanese like to improve on production. AKA “You need rest, here have beds at work, just keep working!” The Spanish have aContinue reading “Short Story – Thursday’s Thirsty – Part 4”
Short Story – Wednesday Humpday – Part 3
Wednesday, she thought wearily, the dreaded day where she had to justify how much time she had been procrastinating over due dates. For some reason, every manager in existence seemed to think that saying end of the week meant they were giving workers all the time in the world, even when said at 3pm onContinue reading “Short Story – Wednesday Humpday – Part 3”
Short Story – Tuesday Full of Grace – Part 2
Tuesday always appeared to be a pain in the backside. Everyone decided that they needed to fill her entire calendar with meetings that they would then change the time seventeen times, as other people book over their times or complained about them. This of course meant that she had fifty notifications which seem to pingContinue reading “Short Story – Tuesday Full of Grace – Part 2”
Short Story – Monday Blues – Part 1
She woke with a groan and looked at the litre bottle of whisky and noted that she had managed to dent it considerably during the previous night. Slowly raising her pounding head and glancing at her bedside, to find a gulp of water in a glass, she took the swig, idly contemplating an article sheContinue reading “Short Story – Monday Blues – Part 1”
Short Story – Ghost – Part 6
She knelt beside Chris and saw his face looked raggedy in the soft light filtering from the streetlights into the window. She reached out a hand and sighed as she remembered they couldn’t touch or use it to comfort. So she questioned quietly, “Why do you stay Chris?”A pause, which seemed to last an eternityContinue reading “Short Story – Ghost – Part 6”
Short Story – Ghost – Part 5
“What did the devil try to tempt you with? Wealth or power?” She asked Chris. “Neither, I was offered revenge,” he sighed. “Oh,” she frowned, “you still have a grudge against someone after all this time?” “No, and that’s why it doesn’t work. The longer you stay, the less you care about the petty thingsContinue reading “Short Story – Ghost – Part 5”
