Egg and Chips – Bernadette James – 1580 words (Romance)
It was easy when we were younger. We found pleasure in the simplest things. And although success might bring rewards, they can come at a cost that is hard to bear.
Egg and Chips
It’s really changed round here. I suppose it’s been quite a while since I was back and everywhere had changed a lot, but I’m still surprised by it. There’s a huge new supermarket now and a retail park with furniture and DIY stores. I can see them from the motorway, along with the massive car park that’s obligatory in these places. Heaven forbid you don’t drive these days.
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Services Rendered – Bernadette James – 1250 words (Humour)
Three people are called to a solicitors’ office to hear information that may be to their benefit. But who is the mysterious benefactor? And why have they been chosen?
Services Rendered
Jack Swift had never been inside a solicitor’s office before. Being a self-employed plumber he hadn’t felt the need to set up the business on a formal basis and, as he told his wife, Barbara, he planned to spend all his money before he died, so he hadn’t made a will.
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The Colours of the Day – Bernadette James – 1200 words (Commercial)
It is purple when I wake, the mottled purple of a two day old bruise. I hate purple days, the kind of day that hangs over you like a threat. Nothing good ever happens on purple days – but what if it hadn’t been purple today? What if it had been another colour entirely?
The Colours of the Day
It is purple when I wake, the mottled purple of a two day old bruise. I hate purple days, the kind of day that hangs over you like a threat and you know that nothing is going to feel right or happy. I don’t know what causes them. Maybe it’s a remnant of an unremembered dream or a presentiment of some kind; maybe it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. I just know that days that start purple never turn out well.
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