keiths ramblings

    I’m very late. I need to cross the road but it’s so busy. There must be a gap in the traffic soon. Come on, come on… Ah, a tunnel under the road. I’ll use that. There are lots of steps. Whoops, nearly tumbled. So many people. I’ll weave in and out. Excuse me,… Continue reading Sunday Photo Fiction

  . She loved her gardening boots. Had them for years. ‘I don’t need new ones’ she’d say. ‘I just patch them up to keep them going’. She even gave them names! Jim and Jan. She’d talk to them, consult them on what to plant here, what to dig up there. She recently went to… Continue reading Friday Fictioneers

December 17th 1903 “Do I have to?” begged Orville. “Yes” said Wilbur. “Well I’ve changed my mind” “You'll be alright. I’m your brother. I wouldn’t ask you to if it was dangerous". “Why me, not you?” pleaded Orville. “Because I don’t like heights,” said Wilbur. “Hop aboard. I’ll surround you with cushions, so if it goes wrong you… Continue reading FFfAW

Sunday Photo Fiction. Colin the Curator heard a squeaking sound coming from the Safari section. He rushed in to find one of the elephants was shrinking! ‘I knew it was a bad idea saving money by buying inflatables’ he muttered. His red-faced assistant Rory was clutching a piece of paper. ‘When I said put a… Continue reading A story in 191 words

.   Clutching my wife’s shopping list, I headed for the mall. Suddenly the wind snatched it from my hand. It disappeared from view pressed against a car windscreen. Unfortunately, I hadn't read it. Being in urgent need of a pee, I thought I’d call home from the public loo. As I started dialling my mobile… Continue reading Friday Fictioneers

    Tick tock, here he comes, tick tock, right on time, tick tock, twelve o'clock, tick tock….. Ten he said, three four, right-hand side, five six, over there, seven eight... nine....ten…. In he comes, through the door, I hear his steps, first floor, nearly here, second floor, knock knock, knock the door. Here’s the… Continue reading FFfAW

It’s hardly surprising that by the end of April the only reflection I saw in the mirror was not of me but my friend Rosey! Writing 26 stories about her was not the easiest of challenges but fun just the same. One thing I had to bear in mind was that whilst Rosey is very… Continue reading A-Z Challenge – Reflections

Whilst wandering through the woods she came upon a wizened little man slumped on a stump beside a muddy stream, a sorrowful shroud of loneliness draped across his sagging shoulders. Sensing his pain, she knew her charge was to offer solace. She reached into her bag and flung a shower of twinkling silver stars into… Continue reading Friday Fictioneers

  He received an invitation. There was to a be a reunion of the class of ‘31. Strange, wasn’t he sole survivor? On the appointed day he walked to the hall, pushed open the door and stepped inside. It was gloomy, a white mist lay across the floor. Through the darkness he could just make… Continue reading FFfAW

My friend Keefie has given you a giggle or two at my expense this month, so when I asked him if I could write the final piece, he had little choice but to say yes. I think he was actually quite pleased because he had no idea what to come up with for the letter Z!… Continue reading A-Z Challenge Day 26