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Gertruida’s Journey (# 5)

Gertruida’s Journey (# 5)

Rolbos ― Gertruida squares her shoulders. This story must be told and she’s the one to do it. She empties her glass before going on. “I didn’t know what to do… I played the part of courier for the ANC and Paul, but at the same time...

Tags: Short Stories, Smalltown Short Stories, Uncategorized, ANC, Apartheid, Border War

Amos Van Der Merwe ― 17 hr ago

Bitter Sweet

(no) Love in Nairobi ― Harsh realities find us when we’re least expecting them. A few minutes ago, her world had been perfect. Sitting in her cousin’s living room, cheering on her country in the London Olympics marathon, she was visiting to see her...

Tags: Short Stories, Bitter Sweet, Family, Fighting, Freedom, Love

Elly Kamari ― 1 day ago

You are my life. My Only.

You are my life. My Only.

Rainbow Hues ― ∙ Please go through the prequel of the below story here - The Last Sunset (In case you have not read it before) ∙ * * * *...

Tags: Short Stories, Love

Rainbow Hues ― 1 day ago

Gertruida’s Journey (# 4)

Gertruida’s Journey (# 4)

Rolbos ― Just this morning, Servaas told Oudoom why there are so many churches in Upington. Look, he said, there are two important characteristics in the Afrikaner people. “It has to do with passion,” he said while sipping his coffee from the...

Tags: Short Stories, Smalltown Short Stories, Uncategorized, Apartheid, BOSS, History

Amos Van Der Merwe ― 1 day ago

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Embrace & Evocative ― I feel like writing to you…I feel like writing you a letter….I feel like I need for these words to leave my body… they have left me whole and complete they have left my body and it is only through the dark that i can see you...

Tags: Short Stories

EmbraceEvocative ― 2 days ago

Gertruida’s Journey (# 3)

Gertruida’s Journey (# 3)

Rolbos ― Boggel allows Gertruida to ramble on and one, telling him everything about Paul Harrison and the past. She’s on her third Cactus by the time she finally falls silent. “Wow….that’s quite a story, Gertruida. And to think you...

Tags: Short Stories, Smalltown Short Stories, Uncategorized, AAM, ANC, Apartheid

Amos Van Der Merwe ― 2 days ago

Gertruida’s Journey (# 2)

Gertruida’s Journey (# 2)

Rolbos ― Gertruida replaces the handset carefully, as if it was the most fragile thing in the world. The call from Paul Harrison was most certainly not something she expected – nor could she foresee the effect it would have on her. She closes her ...

Tags: Short Stories, Smalltown Short Stories, Uncategorized, Apartheid, Border War, Gay

Amos Van Der Merwe ― 3 days ago

Uninvited by A. Scott Boddie

Uninvited by A. Scott Boddie

Lectus ― Summary on GoodReads. ∙ I bought this thinking that it was a full book, but it is just a short story, about 26 pages? Anyway, I was mad pissed when I checked my kindle and all of the sudden I was 85% done! ∙ What the heck? I went ...

Tags: Short Stories, 5-stars Books

Lectus ― 4 days ago

Vivenne Tuffnell guests at GonzoInk: The Moth’s Kiss

Vivenne Tuffnell guests at GonzoInk: The Moth’s Kiss

GonzoInk ― Moth’s kiss A moth of mythic proportions(or a myth of mothic proportions) by Vivienne Tuffnel I grew up with a brother who was obsessed with butterflies and moths, and bugs in general so I learned early not to show fear or I’d find...

Tags: Guest Blogging, Fiction, LinkedIn, Moth, Short Stories, Vivienne Tuffnell

Thea Atkinson ― 4 days ago

Gertruida’s Journey (# 1)

Gertruida’s Journey (# 1)

Rolbos ― Gertruida switches the laptop on and stares at the keyboard. Maybe, she thinks, she can try to make sense of her life if she writes down her story? Surely there must be more to life than stagnating in Rolbos? And with Doc’s prognosis still...

Tags: Short Stories, Smalltown Short Stories, History, Nationalists, Politics, Postaday

Amos Van Der Merwe ― 4 days ago

Fanny’s Surprise (# 39)

Fanny’s Surprise (# 39)

Rolbos ― The human curse of emotion has been – and will always be – the reason why people aspire to unknown heights…and plunge to the ultimate depths of failure and destruction. Take the condition we call love, for instance. Despite the...

Tags: Short Stories, Smalltown Short Stories, Uncategorized, Love, Postaday, Relationships

Amos Van Der Merwe ― 5 days ago

The Hiding Place

Author W. J. Howard's Blog ― The mountain woods were quieter and darker than usual. Russ could barely see a few feet ahead as he made his way up the steep incline, but he knew all too well where he was going. He had walked the path over twenty times after midnight. A few more...

Tags: Horror, Sci Fi, Short Stories, Alien Abduction, Grey Aliens, Serial Murderers

W J Howard ― 6 days ago

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