News – Page 7 – M W Brown

My Rotten Ex She took the familiar path to the far corner of the overgrown field. Her first visit had been to quell her irrational fear that he was alive. Now it had become a monthly ritual. Like an addict, she fumbled with the old planks covering the well. How would he look this time? […]

The Monthly Checker

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| 100 Word Stories

The Monthly Checker The bell jingled. I didn’t need to look up; it was the first Friday of the month and the number twelve bus had rattled past only moments ago. I looked up anyway. “Good morning, just browsing?” The familiar man nodded shyly and turned away to begin his monthly task of scanning the […]

Special Offer

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| Short Stories

SPECIAL OFFER ‘I could kill her!’ Charlie had been soothing his throbbing hands on a pint, waiting to play on the fruit machine, when he overheard Dave complaining as he thumped himself down at the next table. ‘Let me guess, the darlin’ woman at the shop?’ Charlie glanced over at the group of […]