Save the last dance for me

This song was recorded in 1960 by The Drifters, and is another in my song title series of short stories. Tissues at the ready.  We met when she was 15 and I was 19. Teenagers with raging hormones, but despite the ribbing from my friends I instinctively knew Rose was the girl for me. We …

Surviving old age – Part 2

Part 2 The continuation of the story from last week. I hope you're enjoying it.  ‘Having registered your previous visit to our group we would like to welcome you back. However, for your own protection, it is now necessary for you to complete a formal log in. The reason for this is so we may …

Surviving Old Age Part 1

Sometimes my short stories get aspirations beyond their word count, and decide they want to be novels. I have to be quite firm and tell them they're not long enough, but they argue they're too big to become a single post. 😁 This is the reason this week's offering is in two parts. What do …

Writers’ update and Meeting the author blog

It’s a funny old world being a writer. Many authors somehow manage to fit everything in between school runs, caring for dependents or working full time to pay the bills. Sometimes all three. It’s only when you get to know the individuals behind the social media presence that you realise how many are also coping …

Runaway

Another in my series of short stories inspired by song titles. Runaway was released by Del Shannon in 1961. That was it; I’d had enough. Slamming my bedroom door behind me I threw myself onto the bed and let the tears flow. It wasn’t fair. Anything I wanted to do the answer was always “It’s not …