Chapter TwoI hurried back to the kitchen before the sheriff discovered my eavesdropping. Maria was there flipping pancakes for Nana’s late breakfast. Maria was a stunning woman even without trying, bu...

Chapter TwoI hurried back to the kitchen before the sheriff discovered my eavesdropping. Maria was there flipping pancakes for Nana’s late breakfast. Maria was a stunning woman even without trying, bu...

A Deadly PlotA Green Fingered Sleuth MysteryChapter 1With his hazards on, Cedric Malleson pulled onto the curb, jolting forward, grazing a lamppost with his front bumper. He yanked on the handbrake. T...

A Deadly PlotA Green Fingered Sleuth MysteryChapter 1With his hazards on, Cedric Malleson pulled onto the curb, jolting forward, grazing a lamppost with his front bumper. He yanked on the handbrake. T...

AUTHOR BIOJon was born into post WW2 Yorkshire, in the north of England, in the spring of 1946. His brother, Stuart, (1938-2016). His father (1912-74), demobbed from the RAF where he had been a Despat...

AUTHOR BIOJon was born into post WW2 Yorkshire, in the north of England, in the spring of 1946. His brother, Stuart, (1938-2016). His father (1912-74), demobbed from the RAF where he had been a Despat...

Shocking PinkI never live my life in the shade, keeping to the shadows. I live my life in full colour. Flamboyant, out spoken, I want to be noticed, to stand out. To shout and be shouted about, picked...

Shocking PinkI never live my life in the shade, keeping to the shadows. I live my life in full colour. Flamboyant, out spoken, I want to be noticed, to stand out. To shout and be shouted about, picked...

EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE OF 'THE VEILS OF VALORIA' (The Morvantia Chronicles Book 1) By Kirsty F. McKayThe storm howled with frustration as Finn escaped from its wildness and cruelty into the only san...

EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE OF 'THE VEILS OF VALORIA' (The Morvantia Chronicles Book 1) By Kirsty F. McKayThe storm howled with frustration as Finn escaped from its wildness and cruelty into the only san...

A big HELLO to all you awesome members, both new and old,I have more exciting news and it might be of interest to some of you. Our group has now been running from Monday 7th April 2025 and we are thri...

THE CASTLE BY D.C. CUMMINGSEXCERPT‘It isn’t very scary, is it, Nona?’Fifi turned to her grandmother, wrinkling up her nose as they stood outside Gwydrwn Castle. The rain had abated slightly and thus, ...

THE CASTLE BY D.C. CUMMINGSEXCERPT‘It isn’t very scary, is it, Nona?’Fifi turned to her grandmother, wrinkling up her nose as they stood outside Gwydrwn Castle. The rain had abated slightly and thus, ...

Chapter OneWednesday - 10.55 hrsDragging the rattling trolley behind her, Cathy Wilson glanced back towards the entrance. Somewhere between the soft drinks and biscuit aisles she’d lost sight of her s...

Chapter OneWednesday - 10.55 hrsDragging the rattling trolley behind her, Cathy Wilson glanced back towards the entrance. Somewhere between the soft drinks and biscuit aisles she’d lost sight of her s...

LILYHow it had happened was never reported, a news blackout had begun almost as soon as the first killings had started. Not content with returning to life, it seemed the dead wanted their revenge. Soo...

LILYHow it had happened was never reported, a news blackout had begun almost as soon as the first killings had started. Not content with returning to life, it seemed the dead wanted their revenge. Soo...

Angelo  I’m more than a little pissed off tonight as I stand at my office window looking down over the dance floor. Don Ottavio Russo head of the Famiglia, and my father to boot, has deemed it is time...

Angelo  I’m more than a little pissed off tonight as I stand at my office window looking down over the dance floor. Don Ottavio Russo head of the Famiglia, and my father to boot, has deemed it is time...

Chapter TwoMy Do-OverDaniella heads to the sacred cave for her transformation -We headed up Interstate I-25 toward the Peco Wilderness. I had flashbacks of my treacherous journey to Santa Fe with my g...

As a lover of history and the written word, as well as someone fascinated by human nature and the emotions that control it, A Scandal of Secrets has become my way of examining and paying tribute to th...

As a lover of history and the written word, as well as someone fascinated by human nature and the emotions that control it, A Scandal of Secrets has become my way of examining and paying tribute to th...

ECHOES FROM THE BOARDAmelia Petrillo’s twenty-first birthday was supposed to be a cozy night with her best friends—Mia, Emily, and Grace—celebrating over her mother’s homemade pizza and decadent choco...

ECHOES FROM THE BOARDAmelia Petrillo’s twenty-first birthday was supposed to be a cozy night with her best friends—Mia, Emily, and Grace—celebrating over her mother’s homemade pizza and decadent choco...

DawnThursday rolled by. I finished working at five o’clock, so by the time Debbie came round to pick me up for choir practice, I was ready for her. I boiled some potatoes and cooked some salmon for us...

DawnThursday rolled by. I finished working at five o’clock, so by the time Debbie came round to pick me up for choir practice, I was ready for her. I boiled some potatoes and cooked some salmon for us...

HE'S GONE!I’m in the place where I believed my journey would end. I’ve never been here before. I’m not even sure how I managed to get here and it comes as quite a ‘bombshell’ to discover myself in exa...

HE'S GONE!I’m in the place where I believed my journey would end. I’ve never been here before. I’m not even sure how I managed to get here and it comes as quite a ‘bombshell’ to discover myself in exa...

CHAPTER FOURSmoke billowed from the chimney and plumed high above the hotel, rising until it met the inky black sky as Tom pulled into the car park. Only a streak of soft yellow shining through a crac...

CHAPTER FOURSmoke billowed from the chimney and plumed high above the hotel, rising until it met the inky black sky as Tom pulled into the car park. Only a streak of soft yellow shining through a crac...

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT?It was late September when the two couples set out on their final camping trip of the year. Now that the nights had become darker much sooner, they had prepared their camping equi...

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT?It was late September when the two couples set out on their final camping trip of the year. Now that the nights had become darker much sooner, they had prepared their camping equi...

Chapter 3 - The Killing“PLEASE GOD, NO! HELP ME! SOMEONE HELP ME!” Tears of terror spilled from her panic-stricken eyes. Eyes that had been pretty only moments before. Eyes that were now fixed upon th...

Pandemonium Of ParrotsChapter 1With a sweep of its wings the mechanical parrot flew from Otto's hands. It curved higher, its blue tail feathers catching the light. Otto watched the parrot glide throug...

Chapter 3 - The Killing“PLEASE GOD, NO! HELP ME! SOMEONE HELP ME!” Tears of terror spilled from her panic-stricken eyes. Eyes that had been pretty only moments before. Eyes that were now fixed upon th...

When The Piano Plays Paint peeled on the walls, the ivy now crawling over the façade as if it had something to hide. It wasn’t until my mother died that I felt able to walk up the path to the front do...

When The Piano Plays Paint peeled on the walls, the ivy now crawling over the façade as if it had something to hide. It wasn’t until my mother died that I felt able to walk up the path to the front do...

BlurbWhen Bryony Bennett's god-mother dies and leaves her a huge inheritance, Bryony jumps at the chance to get away from it all and start again.She packs up her life and moves into the (almost) idyll...