Category Archives: Flash fiction

Lily Briscoe

Posted on 7 August 2020 by Terry Wassall

Lily Briscoe is one of the main characters in Virgina Woolf’s 1927 novel To The Lighthouse.  The action of the novel takes place at the house on Sky that the Ramsey family rent every summer and share with a number … Continue reading →

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The valley through time

Posted on 16 May 2020 by Terry Wassall

For a year now he had been walking the tow path and exploring the Aire Valley between Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall, a 5 mile stretch of woodland, fields, river, canal and railway. It was part of his physical and mental … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Judge a Book…

Posted on 24 March 2020 by Malcolm Henshall

It was one of those strange places where one road full of shabby houses with old bikes, mattresses and empty beer bottles in the gardens, not to mention the St. Georges flag hanging from the window of number 35, ran … Continue reading →

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En-suite

Posted on 18 March 2020 by Terry Wassall

This piece was written for a reading at the Headingley Literature Festival presented by the HEART writing  group in March 2020. The theme of the readings was sanctuary. Lenny felt safe at last. He’d been shown to a decent cell … Continue reading →

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