Hi, I couldn't resist this. A way of avoiding what I should be doing. It was great fun reading about the "new synagogue" in Eastbourne that got going in the early 1920s, and also about Cecil Roth and

A brisk wind swept the sea, whipping up whitecaps and raising goosebumps on my exposed skin. The last place I wanted to be was standing on a lonely shoreline in the middle of Autumn. But I was here. T

Hi, I hope some folks might enjoy this triple-ish drabble. I really enjoy reading other people’s work on this group and thought it only fair to contribute to the challenge as a small way of saying hel

The timing of this challenge is amazingly fortunate. The following item (1) turns out to be precisely 300 words, not counting the footnote, and (2) landed in my "in" box mere minutes ago. I have suppl

And the email engine appears to have partially eaten the footnote (it’s evidently visible if one hovers over the little 1, but that won’t let you click the embedded link). Here then, said note: Clearl

Hello! I am a rare contributor (sorry) but this time a Fall Drabble appeals! We were lucky enough to spend a week down in Wilmington village in September and walked far and wide over the Downs, meetin

The Devil’s BlackBerry Day… ‘Holmes, won’t tomorrow do?’ ‘NO!’ The joint chorus of Mrs. Hudson and Holmes was loud. ‘But…I’ve just done the apples’ ‘And now we are going to ‘just do’ the blackberries.

Sabrina (inspired by Alice) mentioned this morning that she missed our Drabble challenges, and so do I. Accordingly, via the Drabble below I challenge you to produce a drabble (single, double or tripl

Autumn Drabble Challange: Reward By: Alice "...the girl with the strawberry curls" Why did Holmes have so many apple trees in his orchard? His bees like the blossoms in the Spring but now it’s autumn,

It hasn't happened to me in a great while but tonight I was visited by an image and had to write it. Observation By: Alice "...the girl with the strawberry curls His right hand cupped the back of her

Anyone here read this series by Anna Lee Huber? Is it any good? The cover art is so close to the Maisie Dobbs series that if I were Jacqueline Winspear and her publisher I’d be annoyed. Same period, s

Sabrina's mention of two of her own stories recently brings up a question... Has anyone updated/redone the "list of stories" list in the past few years? It only goes as far as the ones posted in 2014.

Oh my. <<fanning herself furiously>> I've just finished Part 1 and had to stop to get more ice water and BREATHE. Robyn, not a bored reader but one will be keeping many LOM stories to read again as I

Happy Labor Day Weekend, everyone. Here's a little flash I've been working on that sits at the end of Riviera Gold. Stay safe everyone and I hope you enjoy this little piece of mine. At the Hôtel Herm

So excited – I got my copy of Back to the Garden, signed and dated, at the Poisoned Pen this afternoon. As always, Barbara and Laurie shared some great stories about traveling, writing, and unpacking

Hello! I hope it's appropriate to post a question here. For some reason I didn't want to post on FB or query an individual member. I just finished a relisten of The Game. A question popped up for me t

I'm about to upload a short story I started several years ago and it has taken many revisions and complete rewrites to finish. It started with the question: Why were the packages sent to Russell and E

The following files and folders have been uploaded to the Files area of the LettersofMary@groups.io group. /Stories/The Way Through the Woods.docx By: Alice Wright <kona305@...> Description: Mycroft H

Eh, I don't know. Let me know what you think... -------- The moment the child spotted trees, she took off for the grass, skidded to a stop long enough to abandon her shoes, and clambered up to the hig

If you haven't read Sabrina's first in a fantasy trilogy, Spark of Chaos, I can highly recommend it. It is free in e-book form today. We know what you're reading this Wednesday, 8/10: the FREE eBooks