All Stories, Literally Reruns, Short Fiction

Literally Reruns – The Manufacturing of Sorrow by Bob Thurber

Ever reliable, even at great personal cost! Leila Allison has offered up another suggested Rerun which apparently focuses her attention on that which she would rather ignore, and this is what she said:

Continue reading “Literally Reruns – The Manufacturing of Sorrow by Bob Thurber”

All Stories, Literally Reruns, Short Fiction

Literally Reruns – The Time My Dad Chewed out a Cop by James Hanna

This Sunday Lelia Allison has chosen a story by a regular contributor and friend of the site – James Hanna and well and his Dad I guess – this is what she said:

Continue reading “Literally Reruns – The Time My Dad Chewed out a Cop by James Hanna”

All Stories, General Fiction

Acton by Christopher A. Dale

Acton had never spent much time contemplating writer’s block. This had everything to do with the fact that he had never previously found himself its victim. Perhaps everything is too strong a word. Acton had no trouble considering the ins and outs of things and events he had no personal experience with—although these things and events necessarily carried with them some intellectual element that sparked his curiosity in the first place. Writer’s block, as an idea, had never presented such an element to command his attention, and on top of that, it seemed too cliché a notion to even deserve it. Nevertheless, the prejudice of abstraction doesn’t always hold up under the weight of actual experience, and he now found writer’s block to be a fascinating object of examination.

Acton was at his desk, unable to write.

Continue reading “Acton by Christopher A. Dale”

All Stories, Literally Reruns, Writing

Literally Reruns – The Dreampurple Light by Leila Allison

Another of our regular contributors has chosen work to be ‘Rerun’ and it’s a beauty. L’Erin Ogle pulled The Dreampurple Light from under the floorboards and this is what she said:

Continue reading “Literally Reruns – The Dreampurple Light by Leila Allison”

All Stories, Writing

Week 204 – Christmas Pondering, Tattie Soup And Acceptable Leakage.

I’m getting this out the road this week and I’ll try and be nice next week!

I’ve avoided it for a while but the ‘C’ word is coming and not the ‘C’ word that I am comfortable with.

Continue reading “Week 204 – Christmas Pondering, Tattie Soup And Acceptable Leakage.”

All Stories, Writing

Week 202 – Quitting, Erratic Pishing And Fun With Cannibalism.

I was thinking this week about quitting.

As always with me this started out as something positive but it sort of declined. It’s a bit like when an elderly person is ill and you use the old remedy of putting goose fat on their back. You then watch them going downhill quickly. (Thank you Mr Milton Jones for that one!)

Continue reading “Week 202 – Quitting, Erratic Pishing And Fun With Cannibalism.”

All Stories, Literally Reruns, Short Fiction

Literally Reruns – Swan River Daisy by Tom Sheehan

Ms Allison has revisited an old story by one of the site’s most prolific writers and we think it’s wonderful to see this having a new crack of the whip. Swan River Daisy is the story that she has pulled from the dusty archives and this is what she said.

Continue reading “Literally Reruns – Swan River Daisy by Tom Sheehan”