Tag: story

• Flotsam

  A re-post from 2015… “If it’s not a mine…”  Laura says;  “what is it?” Toby shakes his head.   “Dunno.  It sort of looks like a mine, though.  Dad was saying about the war and that.  Maybe we should report it, or something?” “Oh, yes, it looks like a mine!”  Laura mocks.  “Like you’d know…

  frederick anderson

  August 2, 2020

  Short Stories

  Beach, Beachcombing, children, parents, play, story

• Mission Creep

  If I only learn one thing this year, it will be this:  in the mind of its author, a book is never perfect. When I decided to serialize ‘Hallbury Summer’ in this blog through the Summer and Autumn, my plan was to break up the chapters of a book I had already written and published…

  frederick anderson

  September 11, 2019

  Uncategorized

  Change, Editing, evolving, living, organic, renewal, revision, revitalise, story

• Hallbury Summer – Episode Nineteen. Chameleons

  The story so far: Still vying with his conscience Joe has made an offer to buy the Lamb house in Hallbury.  He traces his brother Michael’s steps on the day of Violet Parkin’s murder by visiting the Marsden-on-Sea house that was his regular haunt when the care home allowed, and he finds that Michael managed…

  frederick anderson

  August 19, 2019

  Uncategorized

  dating, fiction, murder, press, Reporter, seafront, Serial, story, thriller, trap