Our members present included two new recruits Mai and Angela. Others
present were Dick, Dave, Tony, Beryl, Liliane, Janet, Martin, Ray and myself.
Apologies were expressed from Caz ,Carolyn and Les, who has been in the wars
again. Get well soon.
I will give the Winner of the trophy first and that was Dave with his story
Then Darkness, a tale of war and a soldiers desperate attempts to let
medics know that although his injuries were horrific he was not dead and his
efforts to convey this message right up to the second they close the morgue door
on him. A graphic and very well presented piece from Dave. A worthy winner.
In Second place was Ray with his story The End a story of a lone
biker who believes he is the last man on earth until he meets a young girl who
is pleased to see she isn't alone. Although she pleads with him to stay he tells
her he will not be a part of the vicious cycle of perhaps creating the same
crazy world again. He would rather be alone.
There were two third places and they were Martin's Let them eat cheese
and tomato sandwiches and The prisoner from Tony. The prisoner was a story of a man waking in a strange be, realising it is
a prison cell then the cell reveals a tunnel from where sword fighting noises
come forth. The prisoner walks down the tunnel but it provides no real escape,
just more bodies that he assumes he will be blamed for.
Martin's piece is a difficult one to describe, just that he involved many
well known names to a party. A clever piece.
That was the first three then came The Restless sleeper from Susan,
a story of a woman trapped in a relationship where she finds there is no
escape.
Beryl gave us The Runner, a tale of a builder after having a bad
fall finds his legs shattered and his rehabilitation process to finding his
inspiration from the Blade Runner Pistorius and wins a gold medal for
running.
Mai was one of our new recruits and she gave us The writing
workshop. This told of a writer told to go out and find inspiration from the
outdoors then finds what appears to be a pebble but turns out to be a finger,
then a hand to drag him down below the ground.
Liliane gave us Isn't honesty always the best policy? A story of a
fractured family and the effect a secret sibling has on one daughter and the
detrimental effect the secret son has on the rest of the family.
Janet gave us Smokey, my healing cat, an insight into her own
experience of having rescued two kittens from the pound how they have a soothing
effect on her life.
My own piece was called The explosion and told of a terrible event
in a US town called St George and the effect the carnage had on seasoned
officers of the FBI.
As I said this was another really good meeting and provided us with another
name for the cup, Dave Feakes for the third time. Well done Dave.
The next meeting will be on the 2nd of October with the subject chosen
being 'Happiness.'
See you all then
Barry.
