by Nicola Rodda | May 25, 2022 | Short Stories
Life is a test for every human being, and it is an opportunity for each one of us to seize as we see fit. We have the option to be in life only as a passive passersby, or to leave behind us a trail for others to follow. We are in this world as guests, and as guests...
by Nicola Rodda | Apr 24, 2022 | Short Stories
© Priscilla Kampi, text and illustrations Mentored by Frederick Tebigwayo, Director, Tenda Junior School, near Jinja, Uganda, Africa Inspiration by Felicity Keats Morrison and Nicola Rodda Featured Image (cover) © Nicola Rodda (Illustration by Priscilla Kampi,...
by N1c0la-admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Short Stories
… this is the beginnings of a children’s story about the process and proceeds of savings – not something on which I am actually particularly well qualified to pontificate, but maybe I meant to to be as much as lesson to myself as to any young readers… Once...
by N1c0la-admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Short Stories
Richard shifted nervously from one foot to the other as he stood on the drab light grey stone steps of Lillian’s house. His hand hovered over the shiny brass knocker, the only bright spot on an equally drab darker grey door. All the other houses in the street were the...
by N1c0la-admin | Aug 22, 2021 | Short Stories
This story arose out of a writing group exercise contemplating the colour blue. It hooked into my almost rabid disapproval of an advertising campaign by a certain television content provider which strongly implies that the creative messy play of children, through...
by N1c0la-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Short Stories
For Robert This is a story I wrote for my adoptive son, Robert, when he was about 9 years old. He came to us at age 6, with a heart already protected by a hard shell, one that he used to make him impenetrable to the risks of warmth, affection trust. It was a shell...
