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Daniela Part 4

A Story by Les

The final part of Daniela's story. It's always risky posting a series of stories in case the reader's interest isn't sustained. But, for anybody that..

Daniela Part 3

A Story by Les

The penultimate part of Daniela's journey from girl to womanhood.

The Crossing Sweeper

A Story by Les

It took me some years to really appreciate the work of Charles Dickens but, once I did, I read just about everything he ever wrote. Including him in ..

Daniela Part 2

A Story by Les

I hope this is capable of being read as a standalone, but it's actually the continuation of "Daniela", the first part of whose story I posted earlier.

Flames

A Story by Les

This is a piece that I did for a writing course that I've just finished. It's slightly longer than I'd normally attempt but perhaps there's still scop..

ARRIVAL

A Story by Les

This is a piece that I have waited around 30 years to write. It is slighter that I'd always imagined it to be, but I'm glad to have gotten it down. Pe..

The Brother I Never Had

A Story by Les

Not really a story, more a short thinkpiece on what it might have been like to have had a sibling. My stream of conciousness took me to a place I wasn..

Daniela

A Story by Les

Another attempt to come out of my usual comfort zone of autobiographical writing. I hope it works.

The Champion

A Story by Les

This is a piece about humility for a writing course task. It is set against the background of the wonderful London 2012 Olympics.

Parting

A Story by Les

I have combined all the trips I made to my son in his early days at university into one piece of writing. The small details of each trip were differen..