Stories And Other Scribblings. (No.3)

It's time for you to hang up those work boots, send the small children to bed and read some entertaining shorts by myself and two gents who are surely enough becoming regulars, Mr. Nav Logan and Mr. Bryan Thomas. Next week, as opposed to drabbles, I will be sharing a short story I have written that has been transformed from four drabbles to about 800 words. Also as if you couldn't take any more excitement, tomorrow (in place of the poetry) I will be sharing the short story I've been working on with Nav, Bryan and A.K Michaels. :)

False Control by C.S.Bailey

You push me around, you decide when I eat and you disrupt my sleep at every possible chance.
You shout at me when you’re angry, you hug me when you’re happy and I’m never sure of what mood you’re in.

You stroke my hair and call me your best friend until someone else comes along.
As I lie here feeling abandoned, I cry in silence wondering if this is all that there is to my life.

I’m tired of this life of mine, constantly waiting for you to take care of my needs.

I’m through with being Stuart’s prized puppy.

Breaking the Habit by Nav Logan

It’s time I faced facts. I need to break the habit.

My life has changes so much since I started. The peer pressure is killing me. I’m not cut out for this life. I haven’t got enough self-discipline.

Depression was my downfall. I was searching for happiness. That’s when I saw them, huddling together. I thought to myself, yes, that could be the life for me. 

Before I knew it I’d become one of them.

Soon, it took over my whole life.

Sometimes though, I wish I wasn’t a nun. I miss the sex and the parties.

The New Teacher by Bryan Thomas

"How was your new teacher today, sweetie?"

"Miss Armitage? She's really nice, she's very pretty and she has really long black hair."

"She sounds lovely."

"She is. We all like her."

"Wonderful."

"She has two teaching jobs."

"She works in another primary school as well?"

"No, she does her other job from home."

"She must be doing some sort of home tuition then."

"I think that's what she said but she uses a different name from her name in school."

"Really? That's a little unusual."

"I suppose."

"Did she happen to mention her home tuition name, sweetie?"

"Yeah, Miss Whiplash."