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"Writing a story in 100 words is a real skill," the creative writing teacher advised. "It's all about what you include." Tony stopped listening. These classes really were dull. They weren't teaching him anything that he didn't know already. He'd show them. 100 words? Difficult? Not for him!
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
End Game
"You said that like you know Katie." No more lies. "I do." Bethan saw Christine bristle. "That's right! She's not who you thought she was!" Dave chirped and felt his mood lift a little at this development. He may be able to use it to his advantage.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Christmas with Joyce
The living room of an elderly man. Tidy but showing signs of wear. Walking around is an elderly man, trim and presentable, his posture slightly stooped. He is shuffling, humming a Christmas tune. Snow is falling, the light muted by the weather outside. He is alone.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Families
Arresting Decision
"Okay," Bethan said after a good thirty seconds of silence from Dave. "You can't confess. I wish that I could say that I am surprised but I'm not. Why would you admit it now? You're facing your own death and you still can't clear your conscience."
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: The Seed of Corruption by A.I. Fabler
Anton Faraday is the unlikely hero of The Seed of Corruption and is certainly not built for what he encounters in this novel and that was certainly part of the appeal of it for me. Whilst the book is told in the third person, as a reader, you are pretty much inside Anton's head for the whole book, subject to his thoughts and perceptions and his fears and doubts. I like heroes who are human; who are not really sure what they are capable of until faced with uncertain circumstances and Anton definitely fits into this category.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Woman who Walked into the Sea by Mark Douglas-Home
I really enjoyed this, the second in The Sea Detective series, named after Cal McGill, who's essentially a scientist who looks at a number of factors like currents, tides and weather conditions to decipher from his analysis of these the location of things lost at sea. This includes cargo lost from ships but it has more recently for him extended to tracing the whereabouts of people lost in coastal waters. This is not a job for the faint-hearted and this book sees Cal questioning his motives for taking on some of the cases he receives. I've not read the first book but I'm assuming that it sets the scene for Cal being a person called upon by a distraught family to find their loved one and perhaps the discovery of what happened to them.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in BookClub
Pause
There was a long pause. Christine looked at Bethan who was gazing at the horizon, her foot still firmly placed on Dave's back, rocking him, almost absentmindedly. Silence ruled across the quarry, only broken by small rocks being nudged and sent running and then a faint plop as they landed in the pool.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Confession. Content Warning.
Christine and Bethan exchanged a look as Dave shouted again, "Laney! You'll never know!" Dave used the tactic that had got Bethan where he wanted her in the first place. He shouldn't be blamed for not thinking clearly. He was under duress. But trying to manipulate Bethan's "weakness" was his undoing.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Desperate
Dave was heavier than they thought and less placid. Once Bethan and Christine lifted him, he shouted and struggled and progress was slow. Dropping him quietened him a little but when he saw the ledge that Bethan had picked out, he bellowed and thrashed.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
Bag
Bethan looked at Christine's shocked face as she got up from where she'd been sat and went over to her. You're not the only one who can act, Dave, she thought. With her back to him, Bethan mouthed Trust me and hoped that would be enough to get Christine on board.
By Rachel Deemingabout a year ago in Fiction
