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Get your own Free HomepageHere are the short stories which comprise 10:47 at the Coffee Pot.
10:47 at the Coffee Pot
short - ** - an overheard conversation in an english coffee shop
A Strange Place to Pull
medium - ***** - geriatric love blooms in the most peculiar places
The Jar of Choconutty spread
very short - *** - a valentines day reunion
The hanging basket
long - ****- cuckholdry, neighbourly relations and household repairs
Validation
medium - **** - mysterious killing forms the backdrop to a growing friendship
Morning at the Coffee Pot
long - * - a typical morning shift at the coffee pot
Marbles
medium - **** - testing a mind reading machine
Date rape
short - **** - a one night stand
Concerto in D minor for two violins
long - **** - the end of a marriage and the start of a new relationship
Mr. Metzger's pistol
medium - *** - an elderly tailor finally voices his long kept secret
The water of eternal youth
medium - *** - the secret to eternal life is discovered in an unexpected place
The necklace
medium - **** - searching for the past in car boot sales
Eyewash
medium - **** - science fiction - a strange artefact is found orbiting close to the sun
Iodine
short - ***** - replying to a letter from an ex-lover
The hillside and black tights
long - *** - infidelity discussed on a camping trip
Tinned Salmon
short - * - boredom, waiting for something to happen
Primal drums
very short - ** - sunburn and achey turned on feelings
Driving home, 3am
short - ** - driving home at night to conspiracy down the road
Cherry trees in Scotland
medium - ** - a night out at the theatre, bickering & Chekhov
The man who could become a duck
short - *** - an experiment in magic realism
Hewers of wood
short - * - new types of coffee served in the coffee shop
Blue wrists
medium - *** - a snapshot of a close friend, before she got life sussed
Toast
short - ** - a treatise on the nature of this breakfast dish
The sky is torn across
medium - ** - a storm is gathering over the hillside
A growing obsession for black tights
short - *** - a one way telephone call describes the nature of the affair
On the face of it
long - ***** - a man's life work and his love
A train journey
short - *** - two travelling companions share a superficial conversation before even that is extinguished
The Match
medium - **** - a squash match between David and his prospective father-in-law highlights some tensions
Phobias at the Coffee Pot
medium - **** - Discussing pet hates & fears
Beneath a beech tree on a mazy Monday afternoon
short - ***** - Playing at people watching
This Damn Woman
medium - *** - Women drivers and funny coincidences in life
Faces & names
medium - *** - Are women better at recognising people?
65 Kingfisher Avenue
medium - ** - new neighbours and old trades
Fevered Dreams
very short - ** - A vision of someone from the past
Green Amber
medium - **** - Meeting up with an old school pal and jealousy
A night-time stroll
medium - ** - a date goes awry
More stories will appear here as I write them.