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it’s all rock ‘n’ roll
it’s all rock n roll by Phil Burns I created this new persona, C. E. Ayr, just over two years ago, following the publication of Medville Matters, my book of Sound Bite Fiction, authored under that name...
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It’s Over
It’s Over sunshine could not match your first smile when I longed for you to hold me now I spend each tear-stained night wondering why you have not told me it’s over the thoughtless rain falls yet...
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The Bridge – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s excellent...
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Love – Friday Fictioneers
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by the wonderful Rochelle, the undisputed master of what I call Sound Bite Fiction. She sets the weekly challenge, and the standard. And she has selected, for this week’s...
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Right and Wrong
alone by Phil Burns right and wrong you tell me I will soon forget that you already can’t remember but you are sunshine in July I’m the east wind in November I tell you that you’re always right you...
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Autumn Leaves – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s seasonal...
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Leaving Scotland Forever
leaving Scotland forever across the loch into the glen settling low on hillside heather the morning mists moisten his eyes brush his heart like snow white feather this love he knows will never go...
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The Fox’s Tale – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s “aw how...
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Nightfall
nightfall I often wonder through the day where you go when you get that call I never ask and you don’t say I only hope you’re here before nightfall I’ve loved you from the day we met it was not just my...
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Dead – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s cool...
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Hungry – Friday Fictioneers
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by the wonderful Rochelle, the undisputed master of what I call Sound Bite Fiction. She sets the weekly challenge, and the standard. For this week’s prompt she presents us...
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love stumbles
I wrote this almost a decade ago. It is one of the few pieces that I have ever written as a song, rather than a poem. Andy Brownlie, who wrote the music, and performs it here, is my second oldest...
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Second Honeymoon – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s clever...
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The Shack – Friday Fictioneers
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by the wonderful Rochelle, the undisputed master of what I call Sound Bite Fiction. She sets the weekly challenge, and the standard. For this week’s prompt she has selected...
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Pushed Too Far – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s busy...
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eclipse
eclipse she clambers over the headland crawls slow above the Med takes time before emerging a moon massive and red she rises gaining brightness dispersing what enshrouds begins to send her radiance...
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Paradise – Friday Fictioneers
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by the wonderful Rochelle, the undisputed master of what I call Sound Bite Fiction. She sets the weekly challenge, and the standard. This week’s prompt comes courtesy of...
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Dust to Dust – Friday Fictioneers
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by the wonderful Rochelle, the undisputed master of what I call Sound Bite Fiction. She sets the weekly challenge, and the standard. This week’s curious photo comes...
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Honeymoon – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s prompt is...
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Prime Site – Sunday Photo Fiction
Sunday Photo Fiction is a weekly challenge presented by my old friend Al Forbes. The idea is to write a short story (200 word max) inspired by what you see in the picture (below). This week’s prompt is...
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