Author of fiction

Hope you enjoy this short story from the collection I published in 2015 - 'Banfield Tales' Don’t Take a Fence by Michael Braccia Four...

Here's a quote I enjoyed reading some time ago, but brought it back just for you: "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know...

The body consists of three parts - the branium, the borax and the abominable cavity... (really?)

We all love a joke, don't we?

Great Expectations

On Shakespeare

Sheri Lyons had noticed something in Clara's manner the day before as they carried out their usual handover. Shifty, she thought, but why?

Someone asked me about the lyrics for 'Missing You', so I've put them on my blog. Missing You Verse 1: The final hours hurt me, but not...

A day does not go by when I do not think of Alison.

The comma is all-important: Let's try a sentence with and without the comma. I think the first is correct, don't you? 1) "Shall we...

What do writers think about? Start a sentence – usually with a word – then follow the first word with another, then another. Usually...

Suptra looks at Ethel as if she should understand him. 'I can never go back to India. They will kill me!'

'for pity's sake, George, nip down the RSPCA and ask for a boyfriend for Tiddles.'

'Leeford Village' is a serial - a cross between the '44 Scotland Street' stories written by Alexander McCall Smith and The Archers. ...

Don McClean's 'Vincent', written in 1972 as a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh.

I heard this song by John Legend a few weeks ago and I just had to record my own version.

Track 5 on 'Braccia Unplugged'. Your Song (Bernie Taupin / Elton John) is a beautiful song and I found it very emotional trying to...

Book Review: Bertie Plays The Blues (Alexander McCall Smith) The seventh book in the ’44 Scotland Street’ series, and McCall Smith does...

Book Review: Human Croquet (Kate Atkinson) Kate’s second novel, and this does not disappoint. Considering this was written in the...

Read the following start to a short story ('Spare Ticket'), which is just over 750 words. Your challenge is to write the remainder of...