A Christmas Walk

He had always lived in the city. His parents had met there, and his brothers and sisters had been born Continue reading →

Hadrian and The Human Finger

Hadrian had walked the length of several carriages before he found somewhere to rest his weary metals. He was excited, Continue reading →

The Last Human

We are only memories. I have memories as a kid, at least I think I do. About being with my Continue reading →

Sunshine

I guess I could begin this story with ‘once upon a time’ but then that would give the impression that Continue reading →

On A Flight To Helsinki

He’d left the house in the middle of an argument. She wasn’t happy with the fact he was going on Continue reading →

The Polka Dot Comet Kid

The night that Sally was born, the comet, Hale-Bopp lit the skies above the hospital as she lay, crying. She Continue reading →

The Great Traffic Jam

It had been last summer when Suzie had seen her first driverless car. It had been taking that kid, Trig Continue reading →

The Storm

Every morning the same thing happened, her mother would burst into her room, shout ‘rise and shine’ and then open Continue reading →

Don’t Keep Quiet

Peter had a perfect life, Three perfect kids and a perfect wife, But Peter’s flaw, Which he took from Dad, Continue reading →

Broken Pieces

Jake remembered what his Grandmother used to call it: ‘your grandad is away down the doctors’. That’s what she called Continue reading →

To Fill A Human Heart

To fill a human soul, Takes strength and smiles, To fill a human head, Takes wisdom and time, To fill Continue reading →

Just an Elephant

Don’t ever let them tell you that You’re just an elephant, or a human, or just another life. One who Continue reading →

Me and Buzz and the Madman

That day started like any other Saturday. My Grandma was washin’ the back of my neck with all my family Continue reading →

The Legend of Jacob Chaplin

Okay, so his name wasn’t Chaplin, it was Horowitz, but ever since he’d attended the moving picture show and seen Continue reading →

Americana (100 word stories) (1880 – 2017)

1880 I found the name on a map when I was a child in Scotland and it came to my Continue reading →

Strangers On A Rainy Day

It was raining that November day, so they both stood in the doorway of the Parisian café waiting for their Continue reading →

The Man on the Third Floor

You can make of this story what you want. You can throw it in the fire and see if I Continue reading →

That Day

That Day, started like any other day. The sun came up, I had a coffee, we argued about money and Continue reading →

Be Kind

The night of him looking at the stars was the night that everything changed. That night as the planets danced Continue reading →

Zoot and Sandy and Worrying about Things

Sandy the elephant and Zoot the dog were, without doubt, the best of pals in the whole wide world. They Continue reading →

Lassoing the Moon

(for Jim – the King of the Kings Arms) The two of them sat at the shaky table in the Continue reading →

How I Was

It was only a few short summers between my mother asking, ‘how I was’ and her asking ‘who I was’. Continue reading →

The Hearts of Dying Stars

There was a moon that night, That shook my comfortable existence On this little Earth And as I looked at Continue reading →

Metal Balls

I guess there are two parts to this story. The first half, is how we met, and how we became Continue reading →

My Granddaddy’s Farewell

I remember it was a cold day, is all.  My teacher came to take me from the class, said I Continue reading →

The Edge

I have been here before, You should know that of me, I’ve walked to the edge and stood, Almost to Continue reading →

Life

Like every other day, Harry spent his mornings in the park in that little period between breakfast and lunch. He’d Continue reading →

Thing and What He Learned

Now as you know by now, Thing was always looking out the mouth of his cave waiting on his family Continue reading →

An American Gentleman

My grandmother used to say that the village, meaning Shoreham, would find you, take you in, scrub you up and Continue reading →

The Book Keeper

It had been his job as long as anyone could remember. He was the Book Keeper and he enjoyed all Continue reading →

Has Anyone Seen My Heart?

Has anyone seen my heart? All I did was turn to pick up that drink, And it was gone. I Continue reading →

THING and His Best Ever Thought

When it happened it took Thing by surprise. The fact that a thought like that could go through Thing’s mind, Continue reading →

Just Keep Swimming

“I know all of this is crazy Every last crazy second of it And I know that there have been Continue reading →

The Morning of the Day…..

She could feel the sun on her heart, as its rays broke through the window. There was a bird, a Continue reading →

The Birdman

It never started out as a plan, or even as a dream. It was simply an idea. Perhaps that’s where Continue reading →

A Kinder Love

Even after all these years, I awoke with you this morning, Your arms in mine, your heat, your hair, Your Continue reading →

A Note Found In A Jacket

31st, July, 1917 Passchandaele –  If I could lay thee down my love, In a bed of silk and lace, Continue reading →

The Man Who Smiled At Stars

To all those who look at the night sky and smile. Where we lived doesn’t really matter much, ‘cept to Continue reading →

Being Human

Being human is never really understanding Being human is loving and hurting at the same time Being human is hoping Continue reading →

Hope & Love

Holding On to Positive Expectations And Never Doubting Love Overcomes Virtually Everything bobby stevenson 2017

The Bar at the End of Sugarhouse Lane

Alex’s Story If you’ve ever sauntered up Charles Street, you’ll know what I mean. Some days you see everything, the Continue reading →

A Notebook in a Village

Friday 10th July Maybe I should start at the very beginning then perhaps if someone finds this, it will all Continue reading →

Stones in a Snowball

Thing was trying to remember when it all changed between the Creek boys at the bottom of the hill and Continue reading →

The Street With No Name

She lived on a street with no name; the street that is, not her. She was called Conchita and she Continue reading →

The Sky Watcher

He knew what it meant. His grandfather had mentioned it to him during their walks. His grandfather had squeezed his Continue reading →

Honey On The Thorn

As you reach out, You’re already asking yourself if it’s all Too far, And as your tongue stretches to taste Continue reading →

Thing and The Night

Thing missed being back at the cave. It was the one place that he knew his Mother and Father would Continue reading →

Secret Things, Sweet Things

Secret Things She awoke, as she did every morning to the sound of the muffled, shouting voice and the door Continue reading →

Choking and Bruises

Bruises You knew all this, You even let it become a part of you, “Who me? A bully? I don’t Continue reading →

Richard Hannay and the Boy from Greenock

He turned for one last time to look at the farmhouse. This little beauty was nestled at the bottom of Continue reading →

Heart Beats

There’s a finite number of heartbeats To each and every life Some less than some would hope for Some more Continue reading →

Glittering Souls

  Breathe in the sun and touch the sky Set a smile on the lips and A fire in your Continue reading →

One Day

One day when this journey’s ended, When the sun is setting low, You’ll come for me and wait for me, Continue reading →

Stones Under The Snow

She used to sit on her Grandpa’s knee and he’d hold her so tight like she was the only person Continue reading →

We Walked A Path Once

We walked a path once, You and I, And shared some gentle time while basking in the sun, We walked Continue reading →

The Last Person on Earth

He ate his tin of beans and gently thought about things. Was life an exciting adventure, or was it, in Continue reading →

I Will Remember You

I will remember you when the best of you has gone I will remember you when the song you loved Continue reading →

Poem to fit a Tweet

Be happy,pal don’t just smile for others The years are eaten up that way And the emptiness will lie beyond Continue reading →

Life in a Small Place

There was a story told once, about a man who only had one wish, and that was to stand in Continue reading →

If All The World

If all the world went dark today, And the yellow sun no longer shone, And we felt our paths from Continue reading →

Thing of Beauty

There was a lot of time to think, now that Thing had lived in the cave by himself for a Continue reading →

The Man Who Wore His Coat Indoors

He was a guy. Just a guy. That was the beginning and end of it. He loved football, drinking, singing, Continue reading →

Love and Hope

1.Love and Hope You asked me, my young one, as we sat by the sea What life had brought to Continue reading →

A Careless Shadow

Don’t ever cast a careless shadow Nor creak the polished wooden floor Or breathe too deep although you’re dying Nor Continue reading →

The Luckiest People Alive

When he stood on the hill top and bathed in the sun’s rays, he wanted to celebrate his being alive Continue reading →

Learn To Climb Trees

Learn to climb trees, And live with skinned knees, Learn to jump gaps and laugh, Learn to handstand, Play a Continue reading →

In a Heartbeat

In a heartbeat, The car turned the corner too fast, and turned over, The last thing the mother did was Continue reading →

Kiss

The last time I was home I gave my mother a kiss, And somewhere, sometime long ago, she kissed my Continue reading →

This Year’s Love

This year some people will leave your life And new ones will enter This year some dreams will vanish And Continue reading →

The Wish

Perhaps I will try to convince you that this story is true. Maybe I will – but then again, you Continue reading →

Love Me ‘Til The End

There are  52 594 876 minutes in one hundred years. And no one is the same person from one minute Continue reading →

Jeremiah and The Birds

He wasn’t sure if he was the last man left or not. He hadn’t heard from any other living soul Continue reading →

Some of the 100 Word Stories

Paris, 1940. There was still the smell of cigars on her coat as she took that one last walk. The Continue reading →

Zoot and Sandy and the Birds

As always, Sandy the elephant and Zoot the dog were the best of pals in the whole wide world and Continue reading →

Someone Else’s Perfect

Don’t waste your breath, Being someone else’s perfect, Don’t struggle or crawl across Someone else’s winning line, Make it your Continue reading →

The Troubadour

Stories. That was all she had, that was all she would ever have. The ability to create worlds, and fill Continue reading →

Be Who You Are

Be who you are, Be magnificent, Be strong, And except to those who cared too much, The one who never Continue reading →

Skiing In Central Park

I don’t think there was a precise time when you could say that they actually met; instead it would be Continue reading →

The Last Train North

It’s funny how all the things you do or learn in the past, seem to be needed later in life.  Continue reading →

The Thing That Changes Folks

One summer an old man came to live near us. He had rented the little French house which sat on Continue reading →

One Day I Passed Perfection

The smell of shoe polish and summer, The taste of dandelion and burdock lemonade, The sun as rosy red as Continue reading →

Once Upon, A Long Ago

Once upon, a long ago, I saw a life of hope And so, I dreamed myself with smile And mirth, Continue reading →

Waiting

There’s a little house, Not too far out of town, Where I’ll go when I leave this place, You’ll always Continue reading →

How Simon Got His Happiness Back

Simon was a simple lad with no grudges against the world. He was a happy boy who only wanted to Continue reading →

Races

The sweat stung his eyes as he cycled up and out of Glen Croe. The sun hadn’t hit the bottom Continue reading →

Every Breath You Take

His name was Charlie and he was a kid. Charlie was lucky enough to be living through his best years. Continue reading →

A Child of a Lesser God

The full moon had formed over Thing’s cave 12 times when he decided that enough was enough. He now realised Continue reading →

A Story From A Room

Once upon a long ago, a man walked into a room. There wasn’t anything particularly special about the place – Continue reading →

Where We Met

They had met in the reading room of the British Library. One blue set of eyes met with another set Continue reading →

Touching Gravity

(I believe this is a true story) Where I am today, I can trace all the way back to that Continue reading →

Idle in 100 Words

In that long, ago summer, the city was like an inferno, there were ain’t no place to cool your heels. Continue reading →

Rest

I know you’re tired of that twisted road, Tired of climbing those hills, Tired of getting to the top of Continue reading →

Maybe Next Time

The next time, I’ll say ‘hi’ when that moment first arises The next time, I’ll cross the street before the Continue reading →

The Shoreham Stories – 1

THE SHOREHAM WILD ONES I suppose it all started on that wet Wednesday, at the cinema on St John’s Hill. Continue reading →

The Secret of Life

He wondered if maybe everyone else in the world knew the answer to it the question, and that perhaps he Continue reading →

STONES IN A SNOWBALL

Thing was trying to remember when it all changed between the Creek boys at the bottom of the hill and Continue reading →

A Place Called Hope

‘What makes anyone do anything?’ That was what she thought as she stepped off the bus. She hadn’t meant to Continue reading →

Greenock Story: The Glass Red Rose

There was an old road, they called it ‘the Roman road’, which led there once upon a time. The farm, Continue reading →

The Fireman

In the early days of the next war, a story arose, an urban legend, about a person they called the Continue reading →

Waiting For The Winds To Blow

I’m waiting for the winds to blow, And someday soon, or later, They’ll take me on a voyage, To a Continue reading →