Going to press now and including ‘The Thought Collector’! Ink Writers of Arun Volume 2

Last week I posted some thoughts on the website youwriteon.com. I also posted my short story, ‘The Thought Collector’ on there and assigned a number of reading credits to it. Having tea with a couple of published authors this afternoon, they were talking about how having a book published is rather like when a child [...]

Please read this wonderful, prize-winning short story from my new friend Gaby, called ‘Kite’. It’s funny and uplifting and endearing and very quirky. Right up my street!

The Thought Collector by Helen J Beal I am tense. I am bent over. I am contemplating the human condition. My elbow is on its opposite knee, my chin rests on the back of my hand. I am always that way. I have a large family. I have twenty-two twins scattered across four continents. I [...]

Ink – Writers of Arun – Issue 1

The Jigsaw Fairy by Helen J Beal As he turned the key in the lock of the back door, Dan thought about the last time he’d been here. It had been over three years now, three years since the final, most tumultuous row ever. The one where he had stomped off to his room, slamming [...]

Blackberry and Apple Crumble by Helen J Beal Larry wandered down the stairs, dressed in yesterday’s underpants and a burred sweater Meg had bought him when he was in a fat phase. He stood in their living room and rubbed the stubble on his chin. That morning’s post was scattered on the wooden coffee table, [...]