Home-Grown Memories – Claire Baxter – 1000 words (Feel Good)

While packing up the family home before downsizing, Nora and Frank reminisce, and discover that they don’t remember incidents from the past in the same way at all.

Home-Grown Memories

Taking a break from the mind-numbing packing, Nora slipped out of the sliding glass door to stand on the patio. Pansies were already flowering in clumps beneath the shrubs. Soon the roses would take over, and the frangipani would burst into bloom, but she wouldn’t be there see it in all its glory. She was going to miss the beautiful old garden more than she dared to admit

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Playing Turkey – Claire Baxter – 1450 words (Humour)

Busybody Ellen and her husband are taking a holiday after a little “misunderstanding” with the neighbours in their home town, but instead of having a restful break, Ellen is up to her old, interfering tricks.

Playing Turkey

“That man’s going to get himself killed.” Ellen sucked on her bottom lip while she watched the man weaving through traffic twenty floors below. “I think I should call the police.”

Her husband lowered his newspaper. “Now, Ellen, we came away on holiday to get away from all of that.”

“I’m not going to get involved, Stan. I’m only talking about a phone call.” She huffed out a breath before prodding a finger towards the window. “There’s a man down there playing turkey – ”

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