Author: CTC

MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN

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“OUCH! DAMN!”

This feels so right.
Must be love at first sight.
You and I fit like hand to glove.
Must be a gift from the heavens above.

Tilly shook her head and laughed quietly when she heard the combination of Shannon swearing and the opening lines of the catchy tune to Match Made In Heaven waft down the hall. That meant it was seven o’clock. Shannon, Tilly’s roommate and best friend, never missed an episode. And that was before she got a job in the hair-and-makeup department of the matchmaking show. The show was Shannon’s equivalent of church on Sunday. She also never failed to trip over the corner of the rug that adorned the centre of their living room in her haste to curl up like a kitten in the corner of the lounge. You’d think the girl would learn.
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AUDIO: Barbara Gets Shelved

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Hi One and All,

This post is us – Van1 and CTC – narrating one of our collaborative works: Barbara Gets Shelved.
There is no visual component, though we have since figured out how to do that so for any forthcoming audios of our works we can add images.
Let us know your thoughts as to whether you’d like to have us narrate any more of our stories, and which ones.
Or perhaps you’d like to send through some questions we could answer, or perhaps interview each other with. Read More …

IF YOU TRULY LOVE ME: Chapter 03 Holly’s Words

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UPDATED EPILOGUE
MY CELL BOUNCED off the bed from where I’d thrown it and landed with a thud on the floor. I walked around the far side, initially intending to pick it up but as I looked down at its blank screen it became the focus of my rage and I kicked it instead. It skidded under the bed. I left it there. What was the point of retrieving it? David was refusing to talk about anything but divorce. Read More …

IF YOU TRULY LOVE ME: Chapter 02 Sophie’s Words

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AS I SIPPED my wine, a nice Shiraz from the Hunter Valley region, I did a leisurely look around at my new colleagues. The company appeared to be just as the lovely Holly Prescott had described at my initial interview: a relatively small boutique publishing outfit that fostered a family feel. The fact they’d organized a small welcome party for me that included the spouses and significant others of the employees backed up her claim. Read More …