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Smile (while you still have teeth): A tale of fiction (part 2)

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Time was now really running out if we were to achieve our goals of super glue purchase to make the repairs and get to the airport on time. Read Part 1 “We’ll have to get a taxi. I think it’s the … Continue reading →

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Smiles: For Cee and for Trent and a little fiction

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

showing happiness joy to be alive even plates can smile every smile unique and yet the same. A Smile can tell a story too…… I heard the crack as I bit down on the crusty baguette I had looked forward … Continue reading →

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Office Know How: 99 Word Flash Fiction

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

For me an office is an essential space. I don’t care particularly how sophisticated it is or how small just as long as I have one. Sometimes an office allows you knowledge you would otherwise not have. Office Know How … Continue reading →

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Game of Cat and Mouse: 99 Word Flash Fiction

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Having  guests Tania rose early. The visitor’s child, Josh, followed her asking incessant questions. As he leant on the bench something ran up his pyjama sleeve. Screaming, he ripped his clothes off and the offender, a mouse, scurried to safety … Continue reading →

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Wink murder: Friday Fictioneers

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

It was Andreana’s sixteenth birthday. She chose the games they played,  pin the tail on the donkey, musical chairs, blind man’s bluff and pass the parcel. She’d seen the smile Alec gave Veda. Miserable, she wanted to cry. Instead she … Continue reading →

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Jacques : Friday Fictioneers

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

“Jacques, Come to dinner this instant.” Annoyance filled his mother’s voice. “What’s up with you ?” Her husband asked mildly. “Jacques has not taken that diving helmet off all day. Jules Vern really does have a lot to answer for.” … Continue reading →

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A heart of Stone: Friday Fictioneers

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Cassandra looked out from the verandah of the grand columned house they’d built over to the hovel she and Alain had shared when she first came to this valley as a bride. They were happy then. Planning for the future, … Continue reading →

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Unwanted customers: 99 Word Flash Fiction

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

“What else can I do Karl? Today another one took our last seat and sat, using our wifi without purchasing a thing. And that chap, the nice one that always buys the sticky bun and coffee and gives the girls … Continue reading →

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Guilt: Friday Fictioneers

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Imploring. Beseeching. Would the image of those children’s eyes, the colour of the wet rocks ever leave me? Those rocks were the only reminder now the sea was calm. It held none of the menace of that day. The small … Continue reading →

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A Halt in the line: Friday Fictioneers

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Three days had passed and not a soul had sat in the waiting room. “I’m bored.” Gabe idly flicked through the register book. “It’s unbelievable. No-one has come to us. They can’t all have been bad.” “You wouldn’t think so. … Continue reading →

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