In Our Own Write – January/February 2026
Our topic was The clock struck 12 and all five writers had a totally different story; in fact one was a poem about the various stages of a person’s life from birth to death.
The others were:-
- Two young boys waiting for a family ghost to appear as the clock struck 12.
- A desperate homeless woman who was squatting in a freezing derelict house and had decided that suicide was her only option. A “Good Samaritan” continually knocked on the door offering to help which she ignored but as the clock struck 12 she stepped outside to view a firework display for the last time and into the embrace of the stranger.
- For the sci-fi enthusiasts we had a professor’s assistant enthusiastically explaining that he had conquered the art of time travel although at the present time could only manage a 5 minute leap backwards. This he demonstrated to his disbelieving boss with the clock on the desk being proof.
- A female member of the aristocracy was happily divorced after being regarded as a trophy wife. Her husband refused to relinquish her inherited jewellery but she took advantage of his honeymoon with his new wife to break into her former home in the middle of the night to reclaim them.
Our next meeting will be on the 9th February with a choice of topics of The Proposal or The Accident.
Travina White, convenor