Mad Dogs and English Women

Mad Dogs and English Women

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After nineteen-year-old Jilly Peterson meets dashing Italian, Jack Firenze, life throws everything it's got her way. She swaps Manchester for beautiful Bergamo Alta in Italy. However, her new situation may not be as 'idyllic' as the setting. A family drama running from 2004 to 2020.Trigger/content warning: This story contains scenes of alcoholism, juvenile psychological disturbance and mild sex scenes.Featured by @newlywrittenbooks Oct 2023@WackyWriters 'Our Judge's Favourite' reading list July 2024…

Just the way it is

Just the way it is

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Not yet... drama I'm working on as personal therapy... released as and when it's the right time.…

Sarah Laker

Sarah Laker

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Sarah Laker's memory is alive. Alive with the dead. Experiences of strange phenomena are the norm within 28-year-old Sarah's farmhouse. Armed with borrowed equipment, she sets out to prove the place is haunted. A haunting is easier to accept than the possibility that she's losing her sanity, just like her father, but with each passing day her grip on reality as she knows it slips a little further away. Sarah's old college friends, Duncan and Luke, provide her with support and relief from the never-ending worry. Bound together through grief at the age of eighteen, the prospect of becoming more than friends has always lingered in the background.Will friendship and the potential for romance be enough to set Sarah's feet on solid ground, or will she slide into madness like those who've gone before her?Set in the tranquil countryside of East Anglia during the final year of the twentieth century, some of these events are fictional and some are based in reality. The author leaves it up to you to wade into the haunting echoes of the world beyond our knowledge and decide which is which.Completed word count approx 61,800Shortlisted @Wattys2021.1st place Horror/Paranormal @BooksGotTalent 2021. @Paranormal 'Chills and Thrills' reading list. @Undiscovered 'Can you see me now' reading list Jan 2022.@fright 'Paranormal Stories' reading list.…

Serenity

Serenity

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Something's rotten in the small town of Serenity. Dead men in the 'Spirit of the West' Saloon have a tendency to keep Sheriff Bailey occupied.Perhaps the new girl in town can get to the bottom of the mystery? An additional problem is that the person who holds the key is the town drunk.Will old Bill Dawson stay sober long enough to get the answers? Or will Miss Caroline Ashbury have to swallow her attraction to the Sheriff and allow him to assist?…

Midway

Midway

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A married couple in the 1920's struggle with their torturous past and predictable future, creating chaos midway.…

Sunset Assignment In San Piccolo

Sunset Assignment In San Piccolo

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PROMPT:You are a Sheriff in a small town in the Wild West in the 1800's and also the Mayor's right hand. While they are preparing the Valentine's Day Dance in the Saloon, you have been tasked with bringing the new teacher from the distant train station to your town. The bad thing is that you have known the teacher from your childhood as you had a romantic relationship together.Short romance story for @WattpadWesterns prompt February 2022. All names, towns and events are fictitious.2,438 wordsWinner @WattpadWesterns 'Love in the Wild West'Winner of @TheAmbys 2022 'Western and Wild West Stories'Featured by @HistoricalFiction on 'Industrial' reading list.Featured by @CoffeeCommunity on 'Frappuccino' reading list.…

Ocean Pearls

Ocean Pearls

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How would the Little Mermaid be if she were nothing but a spoilt, nasty tease? What if Ursula never intended to be the sea witch? Would Eric still fall in love with Ariel or would a surprising new love story arise from the waves? Let's find out!Honourable Mention from @Rewindtheclassics2021 WATTPAD ONLY short story…

Lifeboat

Lifeboat

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Nature is under control in 2185 and so is Poll Tander.Poll's scheme to escape her dreary life has failed. However, finding herself lost at sea is the least of her concerns when she realises her tattoo has mysteriously transformed. Once ashore in a strange land, she comes across the charismatic Dante and his dodgy companion, Marco. Together they embark on an adventure through the Italian countryside of Colony Seven. As she searches for the truth behind her past and the secretive World Union State, she might come to wish she'd never asked.Completed word count approx 51, 000- Wattpad original - Inspired by and included in @justwriteitprompts (mystery/thriller reading list)Featured in @newlywrittenbooks Adventure reading list April 2023Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered February 2022Included in @ScienceFiction (dystopian/apocalyptic reading list)…