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He couldn't say "No"

27 Nov 2022 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000

"So you want me to lie about this thing?" he asked. "No, Mr. Armstrong. Call it prevarication if you must, but it's not a lie if you believe it, right?" "That's the thing," said Armstrong. "I don't believe it." "It would be better for your position...

Short Story Challenge - Day 21

27 Nov 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Heruvim78

  As I promised, this month I will do another writing challenge, this time the focus will be on storytelling, and I will try to immortalize a fragment of life, a short story about something that made me wonder, being that an idea or a peek into a st...

The Lost Gardens of Stourhead

27 Nov 2022 7 minute read 0 comments RosieJSargent

Lottie was strolling the gardens of Stourhead, she wanted to avoid her family members and their terrible friends. She wondered if they had realised she was absent, and then concluded they probably hadn't noticed. She was the eldest of her half a doze...

Dinner conversation

25 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000

  "It's easier than you'd think," he said as he popped a shrimp with lemon sauce in his mouth. "Most people don't think for themselves any more. They take what they hear on TV as gospel." He too\k a sip of his drink as the other man considered what...

Short Story Challenge - Day 18

24 Nov 2022 1 minute read 5 comments Heruvim78

  As I promised, this month I will do another writing challenge, this time the focus will be on storytelling, and I will try to immortalize a fragment of life, a short story about something that made me wonder, being that an idea or a peek into a st...

Short Story Challenge - Day 17

23 Nov 2022 1 minute read 1 comment Heruvim78

    As I promised, this month I will do another writing challenge, this time the focus will be on storytelling, and I will try to immortalize a fragment of life, a short story about something that made me wonder, being that an idea or a peek...

In The Blind

23 Nov 2022 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000

In the pre-dawn hours, I sit huddled in my debris blind overlooking a game trail that white tails frequent. I hear movement in front of me over toward my right. Sticks breaking, leaves crunching. "That's not a deer," I think to myself. "Who's t...

Short Story Challenge - Day 16

22 Nov 2022 1 minute read 2 comments Heruvim78

  As I promised, this month I will do another writing challenge, this time the focus will be on storytelling, and I will try to immortalize a fragment of life, a short story about something that made me wonder, being that an idea or a peek into a st...

Short Story Challenge - Day 15

21 Nov 2022 1 minute read 1 comment Heruvim78

  As I promised, this month I will do another writing challenge, this time the focus will be on storytelling, and I will try to immortalize a fragment of life, a short story about something that made me wonder, being that an idea or a peek into a st...

Short Story Challenge - Day 13

19 Nov 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Heruvim78

As I promised, this month I will do another writing challenge, this time the focus will be on storytelling, and I will try to immortalize a fragment of life, a short story about something that made me wonder, being that an idea or a peek into a stran...