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Rushmoor Writers is the second-oldest writers’ group in the UK. It began on 1 November 1950 as the Farnborough and District Writers. When I joined at the beginning of 1989, it was the Farnborough, Fleet and District Writers’ Circle, before later changing its name to the present one. The group was coming up to its…
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A thrilling short story by Rushmoor Writers’ Jill Lamond. Enjoy Something wakes me. I lie here, still half in my dream, annoyed to be woken up in the middle of the night. Then I hear it again. A bang as if someone has knocked into one of the chairs in the kitchen. I hold my…
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Every few meetings, we throw our members a “prompt” challenge – images, phrases, quotations or sometimes something even more esoteric – designed to trigger short story ideas. The following eerie, sci-fi short story was written by Sharon Black in response to the prompt, “I want my children to know what I’ve done.” I want my…
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This piece was inspired by the prompt: GREATEST FEARS Unlike all her friends, Mallory Magpie wasn’t looking forward to being a teenager. More specifically, she wasn’t looking forward to her first year as a teenager. The ages of 14 to 19 she had no problem with. But that year between 12 and 14 was another…
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One of our Rushmoor Writers Sharon Black has just released her book on Amazon. Wolven is part of a series of stories about the Donn people and their history and continues the tale that started in Demon in the Wind. This book concentrates on the last of the telepathic Cruth-Athru, Tarsis, and how lonely it…
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