Stuart Miller-Osborne

  • Introduction
Illustration of a bird flying.
  • The Whales of Granville

    Ana and her sister Monica were sitting on a bench not far from the church of Saint-Nicholas Both sisters had been born in Granville but now lived in Paris They were visiting the town as they did together every six weeks To visit the sea I tell you there were reports in the 1950s that […]

    February 5, 2017
  • Simonetta and Chinese Halifax discuss Menstruation and the price of Tinned Peas

    David Bowie I dreamt about David Bowie last night That was nice for you I dreamt that he had agreed to attend our jumble sale and that you and all the girls were amazed that I had managed to persuade this mega star to come to our girls event I dreamt that you and Anaka […]

    January 31, 2017
  • The Melksham Spa Hotel

    Proud sisters you stand opposite the open fields Once you were much in vogue Concerts and outings were greatly arranged But fickle fashions fancy And now you stand neglected Your chalybeate springs have been forgotten And their cures consigned to dull history     Just to the south of Melksham in Wiltshire can be found […]

    January 30, 2017
  • William Bradford

    Gail and Erika were sitting on a weathered wooden bench on the Plymouth Hoe Both women were looking out to sea Thinking of William Bradford They had not planned to visit Plymouth as they returned from their holiday But they had received news that an aunt had suffered an injury So they had both decided […]

    January 27, 2017
  • Richard the Third

    It was a hotel room like and other hotel room Lightly decorated but functional Erika was stretched in the bath She was watching Gail shower   Do you know that I dreamt last night that I was Richard the Third And that I was lying dead on Bosworth Field And that they retrieved the golden […]

    January 27, 2017
  • The Dive

    Gail had already dived into the sea below the Christopher Rocks She had surfaced and was telling Erika to dive But Erika remained on the rock   Erika had already dived into the sea below the Christopher Rocks She had surfaced and was telling Gail to dive But Gail remained on the rock   Both […]

    January 25, 2017
  • The Second Battle of Newbury

    Pretty was sitting on the grass at Donnington Castle Her friend Sabrina had accompanied her on the visit The previous day paparazzi photographs of Kate Middleton had appeared in the magazine which Pretty was reading quietly Sabrina looked up Do you think that the photographs were an invasion of the privacy of the couple? No […]

    January 24, 2017
  • Summer at Donnigton Castle

    Martin had made his way slowly through the streets of Newbury towards Donnington Castle which was about a mile and a half away He was due meet Alice and her sister Alice near the ancient monument Their mutual friend Ralph had also promised to come with his sister Rachel Bertie Bertie and Bertie had also […]

    January 22, 2017
  • Pineapple

    I was slowly turning into a pineapple My skin especially on my legs and around my pubic area Was getting rather rough My GP recommended plenty of showers I was in the shower when you rang me from the railway station You wanted to tell me that Venus was exceptionally bright But the frost was […]

    January 20, 2017
  • The Rice Field

    Horses Two unnamed horses were leaning over a fence There used to be a railway here I know it was closed down many years ago I suppose the reasoning was the jockey’s welfare Explain Well jockeys are by nature small people And the railway owners were worried That they would have become lost and disorientated […]

    January 19, 2017
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Stuart Miller-Osborne

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