Hard Bargain

They were the most successful partnership in the show’s history.

They'd long discussed how to maximise their ‘winnings’, before settling on a strategy.

Now, they were £300 up, and with 2 Bargain Hunt fleeces!

“Stop them!” shouted Wonnacott.

Doris and Frank kept running; they'd started straight after receiving the cash.

Guest Saga:

When I was shot, fear seized me at first. 

No surprise that. 

But once I realized I wasn’t going to die – despite the thermonuclear pain and widening puddle of weirdly warm blood – my mind recalibrated. 

And one thought, comforting yet disturbing, leapt into my head: I need to Tweet this.


This is a mini-saga written by the author Daniel H Pink. After I'd been inspired to start writing myself, it was one of the first that I found after a quick google search. I would also go as far as to say that it's still one of the best I've read.

Thought I'd post it here as this blog has laid dormant for a while, and it might inspire me to start writing again.

Not Happy?

“You look like you’re not happy”

Danny worded his reply carefully.

“I wouldn’t say I’m ‘not happy’.”

Oh, no. Being ‘not happy’ implied an absence of happiness.

What he had was different; the presence of unhappiness deserved its own clear distinction.

It was far worse. And it had enveloped him.

January Blues

Danny had never believed in the January blues.

Until now.

Getting up in the dark. Grafting. Going home in the dark…

He was thoroughly fed up.

He contemplated his misery on the toilet one Saturday morning.

He finished.

Then he had a miracle wipe!

All was well in the world!

Massive act of plagiarism

One day, I came home from school just like normal.

I was hungry so I had a packet of smoky bacon crisps.

Then Dad came in.

He looked very serious.

He told me that Archie was very poorly, and that the vet couldn’t save him.

Things aren’t the same anymore.

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Will was irritated.

It was like there was some kind of conspiracy;

Every day, wherever he drove, everyone around him was purposely slowing down!

It was as if they thought he wouldn’t notice;

That’s what drove him mad!

Some days, he wondered if he should even be a traffic officer.

Difficulty Level: High

The letter changed everything.

Mario was acting for the greater good, but it hardly seemed to matter to these do-gooders.

Rescuing the Princess was already a tough task, but now he was going to have to attempt it with the RSPCA on his case;

Koopas were officially an endangered species.