Short Stories to Entertain

  Quite clearly the way forward was do as the boss said. There was no question. He was always right. Lucy Turnbull was not happy though. The system they were installing as far as she was concerned was defective. It left them vulnerable . They had significant value in client s’ funds that needed a very serious degree of protection. The system should have a built - in failsafe but didn’t . That surely was a mistake .            Lucy had worked at the solicitors for a good number of years. The office manager. Organising, arranging , dealing with the constant stream of contrary clients that fell through the door every day. The practice was large with around twenty - six legals , that’s how she referred to them, covering a vast array of fields. And all their support staff. They varied in competence. There were a few that were just simply a pain in the arse. The l egal side of their work was fine, after all, she did not get involved in that. T...

How far back was I? I counted - third in line and tapping my foot. Slowly though; I was relaxed. Thinking, what the hell , it would take as long as it took. All I was doing was beating the time of the latest fill I was trying to master on the drums. My Rolands, up in the loft, where, with headphones on, I drummed all my hard rock heroes. It’s what I did anywhere I was waiting, run the latest groove through my head tapping my foot and flicking my fingers. I was concentrating hard; this one had a complicated s hift through the toms and ride cymbal.   Still third in line. Why? The guy up front at the checkout held a scowl of despair as he packed his bags with the precision of an OCD. I looked at the steamy fella behind him - there was trouble coming for sure. The man turned, his eyes missed the lady behind him and locked onto me. Why me and not the lady I’m not sure. Perhaps he thought the words he was going to use wouldn’t suit a sweet old lady. That’s when he said, over the lad...

To continue to make most of my work free to read I have posted a thirty-five chapter book, THEY ALL CAME KNOCKING, that is available to read from today.  BRIEF SYNOPSIS Gloria Dubonnet runs THE SEA VIEW BOARDING HOUSE on the south coast of England but she is not all she appears to be. Who are her mysterious guests and what part in the chaos that ensues does her abused daughter play? How does gangster Jimmy Raynott fit into her life? Over the years she has accumulated a fortune but can she keep it? CLICK TO READ  

Any number of worn out cliches are capable of describing the silence that prevailed but this was different, this silence was encased in ice. Thick ice, the sort that stilled everything. So cold that even the atmosphere in the room was in danger of freezing. Thirty-four kids and not one moved, not even a twitch or a scratch. All except me that is. Why? Because I knew who had done it and that made me rapidly tap my left foot and run sweaty palms down my thighs.