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  1. Bardsey Island

    Author:  Cyclist Steph C's blog Blog About:  Authors / Stories / Books / Writing I set a fictional semi-monastic retreat in this place, where my character Ambrose lived and cared for Angharad, Elaine's mother-in-law in 'Sisters'. I the ...

    - 2021/08/18 - 3:01pm - 14 comments

  2. Broken Wings 100

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 100 So once more our Christmas arrived, and we ended up at The Usual Suspect’s, where I spent the first half of the evening watching Frank and Marlene dance around each other. It had ...

    - 2021/06/30 - 5:55am - 3 comments

  3. Broken Wings 101

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 101 Two days later, I got the call from Rosie, and of course it came while I was up to my eyeballs. Nita had rung, and for the first time in ages it hadn’t been a social call but a n ...

    - 2021/07/03 - 10:54am - 5 comments

  4. Broken Wings 102

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 102 As the weeks dragged by in their usual seasonal misery, I found my worry about Diane’s resilience increasing steadily. She called me at home one evening, suggesting a meal out, a ...

    - 2021/07/06 - 10:31am - 2 comments

  5. Broken Wings 103

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 103 I found my sleep a little broken for a few days, as more news reports came in and people were charged. The most disturbing part wasn’t the parade of blank expressions on the face ...

    - 2021/07/11 - 8:47am - 4 comments

  6. Broken Wings 104

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 104 I spent the next few days in a mess of indecision. I was going to be married, it seemed, and I had no real idea of how that had happened beyond finding myself caught up in the ne ...

    - 2021/07/13 - 6:39pm - 1 comment

  7. Broken Wings 105

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 105 Charlie was almost insufferably smug for ages after her return, but I noticed how much she dialled down the gloating when any of the more vulnerable girls were around. Faye, in p ...

    - 2021/07/15 - 9:55am - 6 comments

  8. Broken Wings 106

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 106 We pulled off the motorway at last, the minibus feeling heavy as I started to handle bends rather than sweeping curves, turning right at a roundabout and then past the airport. T ...

    - 2021/07/19 - 8:47am - 7 comments

  9. Broken Wings 107

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) This is the very last bit of 'broken Wings' which I am posting as an epilogue. I already had this one in mind, but a Dear Reader's personal message helped clarify the structur ...

    - 2021/07/27 - 10:05am - 11 comments

  10. Broken Wings 39

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 39 I didn’t have a clue how to deal with the situation. Not a single one; I wasn’t exactly the world’s expert on relationships, with my history. Before I could pull together some stu ...

    - 2021/01/07 - 2:36pm - 6 comments

  11. Broken Wings 40

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 40 That party went exactly as I had expected, with no issues beyond a prospect having to smile a but less than nicely as a guest from another club spent a bit too much time investiga ...

    - 2021/01/10 - 8:35am - 6 comments

  12. Broken Wings 41

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 41 Cathy turned out to have been absolutely right about the break doing wonders for their exam chances, or else the two girls were ferociously bright. I had guessed that about Cathy ...

    - 2021/01/12 - 1:07pm - 4 comments

  13. Broken Wings 42

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 42 I will freely admit that I was terrified. The girls had not been living as themselves for that long, and so far it had been in a protective bubble. Their sixth form studies had be ...

    - 2021/01/16 - 2:48pm - 7 comments

  14. Broken Wings 43

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 43 As Alicia disappeared, I turned back to Kim. “Spill them, then. All those beans I can hear rattling around. Late?” She turned back to the stove, trying to appear intent on her coo ...

    - 2021/01/18 - 7:53pm - 6 comments

  15. Broken Wings 44

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 44 The weather was once more closing in, along with the calendar. I was getting old, I realised, and everything was telescoping. Time was shortening, each month flying past, but the ...

    - 2021/01/23 - 10:38am - 7 comments

  16. Broken Wings 45

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 45 I looked across to Kim, whose face was twisting a little, and I absolutely no need to ask her the reason. Abruptly, she stood up and left the room, heading for either the kitchen ...

    - 2021/01/25 - 2:45pm - 9 comments

  17. Broken Wings 46

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 46 I could see some of Alicia’s face in him, but he was much taller, his hair a shade lighter, what was left of it. He paused immediately in front of me for a few seconds as he scann ...

    - 2021/01/31 - 11:14am - 11 comments

  18. Broken Wings 47

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 47 I waited until his car was out of sight, before approaching Alicia and Heidi, who was on her phone. “Yes… yes… Thanks. Hang on a second” She raised her eyes to mine. “Paul is foll ...

    - 2021/02/06 - 10:27am - 6 comments

  19. Broken Wings 48

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 48 Three days after that, on a rest day from work, there was a hammering at the back door. When I looked through the spyhole, Sparky was standing outside in the light rain that had m ...

    - 2021/02/13 - 10:40am - 4 comments

  20. Broken Wings 49

    Cyclist Mature Subjects (pg15) Novel Chapter Posted by author(s) CHAPTER 49 I understood her sudden stop, so I left it there. As long as she could make it, I would be more than satisfied. I started the usual process of checking for any new gear we would n ...

    - 2021/02/16 - 9:40am - 4 comments

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