Tag: separation

• A Place that was Ours. Chapter Five – Criminal Acts

  As I look back upon it now, I realise how my childhood ended that evening in June of’86.   A shell of my former self made its way across the bridge towards town, its mind in turmoil, its muscles bunched in helpless fury.   A man who had become a monster in my eyes had the one […]

  frederick anderson

  January 6, 2018

  Uncategorized

  anger, childhood, crime, fiction, first love, growing up, Injustice, memory, Parental control, separation, Serial, youth

• Waste Disposal

  “I think I asked you to put out the trash, didn’t I?”  Amie asked.  “I did, didn’t I?” “Amie, clearing the refuse isn’t time sensitive.  I’ll do it after I’ve finished.”  Malcolm, frowning with concentration, applied a wing strut to his model of the ‘Wright Flyer’.  It was his sixth attempt.  The glue wouldn’t let […]

  frederick anderson

  February 7, 2017

  Uncategorized

  Argue, Complacency, Couples, divorce, domesticity, Fight, Isolation, love, Paertnership, Parting, Quarrel, separation, short story, time

• The Destiny Game

    ” I’d say it has all to do with names.”  Kevin’s eyes were drawn to the window, and a row of beech trees beyond his friend’s water-logged garden.  He was in reflective mood. “What are you saying now?”  Christian asked.   “Names?  I thought we were talking about relationships?” Outside, the blackened sky delivered rain like […]

  frederick anderson

  January 14, 2016

  Short Stories

  baptism, destiny, fate, grief, love, marriage, names, rain, relationships, secrets, separation, shopping, story