The story below is to feature in my upcoming book: HiStory 2 (stories for History and English for Years 9 - 10). The camera as all-seeing City location - studio: bird’s eye view. Wide shot. A line of people stretches from the entrance around the block. Silence, other than the wind. And then I lower … Continue reading POPULAR CULTURE: Capital opera (the story)
Category: Fiction
Carrying fire
It's bitterly cold and we are in trouble. Snow falls from the sky; not hard, it's soft and almost floating. It should be lovely and when we had our fire it was good to sit in the cave and watch it. Then we had terrible luck. Tree, who carried the coals near the end of … Continue reading Carrying fire
Hello, goodbye
A brief anecdote about a song... and soon to be published on stereostories@gmx.com There I was, gaga with all my recent speechlessness, crouched down with Geraldine and Natty seated on the gutter. She scuffed out her cigarette against the gutter and looked at me after a while and said, 'How're you, Grif'?' 'Okay,' I said. 'How … Continue reading Hello, goodbye
A free story (for Year 7) from my History Short Story Book
ANCIENT GREECE: The Other Runner (The story) A little cloud of dust and a hubbub, boys calling to each other, the unmistakeable sounds of a school yard brawl. Diemeter wandered across, not so fast that the boys would notice him and call it off… And thus, a slight figure amongst older boys he’d hoped would … Continue reading A free story (for Year 7) from my History Short Story Book
Inkstained fingers 