My name is Myfanwy Jones, and this is my confession: Hula Hoops were my downfall. Now you might […]
Steve would always start with high hopes. ‘I’m not well,’ he might announce at the breakfast table, thin […]
The Grandchild ‘Uff!’ Lenore lifted a heavy garden box. ‘Nona! You’re going to break your hip. […]
An old tree stands on a worn pavement in front of a suburban semi. At least fifty rings […]
Kaya Masson heard the groans, hoots and giggles from neighboring cubicles. A chair scraped back. Was Frank already […]
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Taking a jar labelled ‘Local Honey’ from the carefully balanced glass pyramid, I put it in my basket […]
When he was younger, Johnny Depp got a tattoo for his fiancée which said ‘Winona forever’, and then […]
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– THE COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED – Funny Pearls are excited to announce our 2021 short story […]
Somewhere in the periphery of my vision, something glinted. Said vision was focused on my mirror-image, so when […]
Beneath a sluiced sky as empty as I try to keep my mind, the insects find me. I […]
‘Computing next – bloody waste of time.’ Becky exhales, smoke coming out of her nostrils as well as […]
The babble in the room reaches a crescendo, like a pan of boiling milk, then simmers down to […]