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Category: For the readers among us

The yellow-lensed glasses

April 24, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

The yellow-lensed glasses lifted her mood. In the dank, dark days of January they were her life-saving ‘go to’. First…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

Blood thumps in her ears

April 22, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

The storm drives rain against the window, turns to hail cracking against the glass, elbowing its noisy rudeness into her…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, writing, writing prompts

Fish Suppress Cool

April 13, 2024 cheryl 5 Comments

‘Fish again?’ The child turned his nose up, disgust writ large on his fat-cheeked face. Maree dolloped a small serving…

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‘What do we do now?’

April 10, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

‘What do we do now?’ Robert’s voice was edgy, angry. The little boat floated further out on the rising waves.…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, romance, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

Extract from The Past can Wait

April 8, 2024 cheryl

To tempt your appetites! THERE’S TOO MUCH TIME TO think on a train, and then a bus. Normally, Arthur takes…

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Posted in: For the readers among us Filed under: 1950s, Australia, Australia 20th centu, historical fiction, historicalromance, romance, women's fiction

And then I woke up here

cheryl 3 Comments

Sunshine, at last. Winter was finally retreating, creeping its way southward to fill the antipodeans’ lives with chill and wet.…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, Fantasy, flash fiction, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

The poet was having a bad day

April 6, 2024 cheryl 3 Comments

The poet was having a bad day, and a worse night. He couldn’t find a word, an image, a rhyme…

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I’ve never met Laura but I already know I don’t like her

April 4, 2024 cheryl 3 Comments

He’s full of her, his new work colleague. Laura this, Laura that. She’s so clever, sees through management’s stupid demands,…

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Love you a Latte R S Jonesee

April 2, 2024 cheryl

R S Jonesee is a prolific author of popular romcoms, and this most recent tale set in the idyllic rural…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: books, clean and wholesome romance, new release books, romance, rural romance, sweet r, sweet romance, women's fiction, writing

At last the dustbin man arrived

April 1, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

The hot weather made it worse. The stench oozed through the old sheets which swaddled the bulky, oddly shaped packages,…

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