“Exploring life through fiction, together.”[This will be the last Fiction Friday. I’m quitting writing for the foreseeable future. I hope to come back to it, but I don’t know when, so I can’t really call it a break. Thank you, with all my heart, for...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”I still miss our first car. She was small, and she leaked so much we’d periodically have to bail out the boot. But she was ours. Every now and then, I see another Clio of the same age, in the same colour, an...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”I eat my emotions. Not just stress or sadness, either. If I’m bored, I’ll eat for a distraction. If I’m happy, I’ll eat to celebrate. Most of my days cycle around food, or the lack of it.And to a large part,...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”If you were going to be trapped in a room, or a building for a month, where would you pick? What would you want? What would you need? Would you take anyone with you?I’ve spent a lot of time stuck in our hous...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”I love handwritten letters, though I rarely write them. They convey more meaning than type, no matter how carefully I chose the font. Words jumble together as I get excited. Or there’ll be a BIG word where i...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”I’ve realised I have a strange belief and I think you probably have it too. I just assume I’m going to wake up tomorrow and live another day. Sure, you tell me, it’s pretty likely, and you’d be right. But it...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”My favourite ride at theme parks is the carousel. It used to be rollercoasters, but I don’t enjoy them anymore. To be honest, I don’t think I ever did. I just wanted to prove I was ‘man enough’ to all the st...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”Every time I see salty licorice in a shop, I buy it. Especially if it’s in rounds that I can dissolve on my tongue, rolling from one side to the other to eke out every morsel of the sweet and salty goodness....

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”I think one reason I love writing is that I find talking so hard. Sure, I can choke the words out, but I’ve always struggled to get my meaning across.I once tried to ask a girl out, but got so fumbled she ha...

“Exploring life through fiction, together.”[  So… I got too complacent and forgot to hit send on this email. Just left it sat there like a lemon. But, I have now remembered to dispatch it, late and with its tail between its legs. My apologies.]W...