Part 1 A mother and her son are moving across the country, From Catterick to Cornwall. Their estate car is packed to the brim with boxes and cases, the roof rack too. As the mother is strapping the last few things to the roof rack, the new tenants of their home arrive and they chat. […]
Author Archives: Nina Blyton
The Pageboy Draft
The Pageboy Part1 “Mum?” I asked. “How old should a pageboy be?” “Any age,” Mum said. “But how old are they usually?” “As I say, any age,” Mum replied. “Why?” “Because when I tell people that I’m going to be the pageboy at Natasha’s wedding, they keep saying I’m too old.” I told her, […]
Two Lonely Hearts: Part 6
Amy was taken aback; was Molly able to play a table game? Ludo was quite a simple one but she still wasn’t sure: “Molly, will we play games?” “Is dis fun?” “Yeah, it is for sure.” “We pway,” Molly nodded and pulled Amy towards the common room. The old couple followed them and the lady […]
The Autumn Miracle Part 7
Part 7 a In the morning Joan woke up late. She didn’t worry at all and she could sleep soundly. To her surprise, Alice wasn’t in the crib anymore and Joan could hear her excited voice talking to Skyle. She was talking about her dreams: “Skyle, in my dream my mom was like my twin […]
Rock Chicks
My sister managed to get her hands on four tickets to see AC/DC at the EnormoDome. I was really jealous because they’d sold out in minutes and being almost sixteen, I didn’t have the money to book one… and even if I did, Mum reckoned I was a little too young for such a big […]
Who’d be a Boy? Draft
Inside the small office is a large window looking into the waiting room where Gavin, Paul and James sit waiting. One wall is filled with a bank of security monitors that cover the vestibule and foyer, bar and restaurant, the corridors, car park, hallways, elevators, stairwells, everywhere but the hotel rooms themselves. The concierge sits […]
Podium Girls
Janet sniggered and said “It must be so boring being a boy… it’s nothing but jeans and T shirts and trousers and shirts and jumpers and jeans and trousers and shirts or a jumper and jeans and… if I was guy I’d be campaigning for equality in clothing rights and demanding my right to wear a skirt […]
The Charboy’s Apprentice
It’s half term and Charles is busy following his daily rota and pottering around the house. His mother is at work. His big sister Emily stayed over at one of her friends and isn’t expected back until the afternoon, and eleven year old Samantha is playing on her games console. Charles only had to make […]
A Short Protest
Toby kicked his feet out in front of him and straightened his socks, making sure that the pelerine pattern was straight and the tops were level. He completed his homework than changed out of his uniform and hung his skirt up once and for all. Later that evening his mother tells him that she’d […]
Becoming Alice
My sister’s been walking on clouds all year. She’s going to Glastonbury with a bunch of friends and I’m really quite jealous. I’m almost seventeen and my sister has just turned eighteen, and in spite of the fact that sixteen and seventeen year olds are allowed to attend the festival unaccompanied, I wasn’t even allowed […]