APRIL 15th 2020 1030-1100 Hi everyone! Hi Geoff, nice book case! Thanks. Hi everyone, are we all OK? Guys, Dave’s texted me – he hasn’t got a mike on his laptop so he’ll just be listening in. Yeah, OK, I guess we can type in the chat box if we need to. Hi, Sally here!…Continue reading The Task and Finish Group by Dan Harwood – Joint 3rd Place Lockdown Short Story

Lisa couldn’t climax during intercourse because the Watcher would remind her how fat she looked lying down. “Turn of the lights,” he would hiss at her before Phil and her got down to business. “Someone might see your hideous body through the windows.” If she dropped any food on herself, the Watcher would call her…Continue reading The Watcher by Anna Ellam – 2nd Place Lockdown Short Story

Jean paces around the house, repeating a familiar phrase like the groove in a well-worn path. She waves her arms continually into the darkening air around her. Grubby furniture turns to shadow. When she trips over the stool in the kitchen, she pays no thought to the need for light, merely lying on the sticky…Continue reading Dusty Bottles by Julia Spargo – Winning Story

The results are in for our Lockdown Short Story Competition. We are delighted to announce the results, as follows: 1st Place: Dusty Bottles by Julia Spargo 2nd Place: The Watcher by Anna Ellam Joint 3rd Place: The Task and Finish Group by Dan Harwood 14 Days Lockdown by Helen Cormack We would like to extend…Continue reading Lockdown Short Story Competition Results

We are in the process of putting together our WRUK Novel Writing Method that will see a new novelist write their novel and have it publication ready in 12 months. Requiring only the desire and the time to commit and, of course, the ability to write, our budding novelists will be mentored and have the…Continue reading Want to write your first novel?