Alison M Thompson
Trying to make the world a better place one letter at a time.
I've been watching them for years, the old couple up the road. Every day they walk past my house, heading up the newsagents to get their copy of the Daily Mail. As they totter up the street holding...
Mary dragged the last box out of the garage and turned to face Brian. "Let's face it," she said, "you just have too much stuff."
"No. I'm not doing it. I'm looking after too many people as it is. It's getting dangerous!" Trudy said. "You give me one more and that will be the one that breaks the camel's back!"
The summerhouse at the bottom of the garden was secluded, and far enough from the house to avoid distractions. Painted a pleasing shade of vintage blue, the large windows along three sides let in t...
I know I should have felt guilty about stealing the money, but I really didn't know what else I could do.
As a cloud of smoke blew back into her face Eve assessed the man standing in front of her. Even by her standards he was short and his puffed-out chest gave the impression that he was stocky too, th...
You watched the old man circle the car. At first he kept his distance, but after a while he started moving closer and closer until he was near enough to reach out and touch you. You leaned over and...
I held her hand as we entered the church. Her high heels clipped along the floor as we made our way to the pew nearest the pulpit. Church was not a comfortabe place for me; I had long ago felt that...
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