Adult Stories

142 entries in this archive

Claim to Fame (a coffee time tale, five minutes or less)

This madcap tale was written in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge which gave us the theme:

UNBELIEVABLE

Read on, every word is true!

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Twinned (at 6,300 words, a longer read, perhaps 30 minutes)

This story was written in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge on the topic of ‘dreaming’.

It was largely tapped out on my iPad while we were on holiday at Siverdyke Caravan Park at Cellardyke, one of a string of coastal villages which form the East Nuke of Fife and a short walk from the village of Kilrenny which features in the story.

Kilrenny (with nearby Anstruther and Cellardyke) is ‘twinned’ with Bapaume, a small industrial town in North-East France.

The story is about a spinster lady who lives in Kilrenny. She is down on her luck but still struggling to keep up appearances.

Read on.

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Boomerang (4,300 words, a fifteen-minute read)

This is a story about two young people who become close friends at university.

Then, after a long separation, they meet again.

It is set in Glasgow and the Isle of Barra.

The tale was sparked by a Writers’ Circus topic: “Harvest”.

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Now or Never

This is a tale about two people who meet under unusual circumstances. Both of them are slightly odd, off beat.

The setting is a fictitious island in the Outer Hebrides.

It was started several years ago, sparked by a topic from the Writers’ Circus entitled “familiar”.

I like to think of it as a modern-day Peoples’ Friend story, the sort of story my Mum would have enjoyed.

Special thanks are due to my friend Kareth Paterson who spent many long hours editing this tale, contributing corrections and suggesting ideas which shaped the final outcome.

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Collared (900 words, 5 minute read)

This second ‘shaggy dog story’ came to mind and demanded to be written.

Read it over morning coffee, why don’t you?

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Fankle (2,300 words, about 10 minutes to read)

This story was started while we were visiting the Rosemarkie Caravan Site in July 2022.

The piece is in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge to write ‘a shaggy doggy story’.

There are dolphins most days at Chanonry Point which juts out into the Moray Firth.

Read on and learn what happened one day in July.

Fankle is a Scottish word, meaning ‘in a tangle’.

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Daphne, rescue dog ( a five minute read)

This short story was written in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge. The topic was: freedom, write what you like.

I wrote it while on holiday in Rosemarkie, on The Black Isle, north of Inverness during our twenty something-th visit to the caravan park which looks out to Chanonry Point with its leaping dolphins.

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Pedal Powered Memories (6,000 words, 24 minutes to read)

This piece was penned during quiet moments in April 2022 on Tenerife as celebrated our Golden Wedding Anniversary with our family. Our group comprised Margaret and me; Stuart and Debs with Matthew (11), Zac (19 months) Rory (3 months); and Craig and Lee with Ethan (8) and Drew (6).

Our accommodation and weather were perfect and we had a great time, a slice of Paradise!

The tale itself recounts parts of my life brought to mind when I think of the bikes I have owned and the adventures I enjoyed on them.

This backdrop also enabled me to add some family history as it came to mind while tapping away on my iPad, information which may be of interest to family and friends and, in later years, to our grandsons.

Many thanks to Margaret for proof reading this piece and guiding me to a better result.

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Send in the Clown (1300 words, 6 minute read)

This little tale was written in response to a challenge on the topic of “Laugh out loud”.

The backdrop is based on a family circus we visited in the Cotswolds when our eldest grandson Matthew was about 4 years old.

During research I came across an amazing YouTube link of an equilibrist performing on a slackwire.

https://youtu.be/zjT8Rqk05Ms

Enjoy!


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Waiting - 7 minute read time.

This little tale was penned in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge set by me!

My topic was “anything suggested by listening to “Only in Sleep”.”

Here are two You Tube addresses.

https://youtu.be/fvPynMI6Umc

https://youtu.be/rGvh9weuDhE

The first is my favourite version, as referenced in the story.

The second I love because it is so atmospheric.

Try both, why don’t you!

Then read my tale, please.

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