Lily bashed the top of her husband’s coffin with her fist as she passed, muttering viciously: “You bastard, may you rot in hell for ever!” Lily paused for a moment, backing off a bit and putting her hands on the timber lid and leaning forwards, as if she was contemplating wrenching off the top of the…
Category: Coffee Break Stories
The Perfect Job
“Sorry Dan we’ve got to let you go.” “But why? What have I done?” “Well, nothing at all really, that’s the point. You’re bone idle. You’re a nice bloke, everyone likes you. But we employ you to sell advertising space for a newspaper and you’ve been here six months, and you haven’t sold a thing. …
A lovely body
When I married you I had no idea you were such a wet bastard,” Tracey fumed. “I thought you had some get up and go.” “So did I. I think it got up and went.” Another day, another row. While my wife Tracey droned on and on I tried to think about something else, mainly…
The Witch in Honey Cottage
“You’re telling me that the cottage is cursed?” I said in amazement. “Well, of course not. All I can tell you is that I’ve been an estate agent in this village for twenty years and we’ve sold Honey Cottage fifteen times. Nobody wants to live there.” “But what do you mean, it’s cursed?” He sighed. …
Blow Up
When the partly buried World War Two bomb blew up, all I was aware of was the flash of brightness and the beginnings of a roaring sound. After that I was out like a light. I suppose I was dreaming, Or maybe the reminiscences came in those gaps between dreams when your thoughts are awry…
Kidnapped
“Either we get five million by this time next week or your wife dies. It’s your choice.” My hand was shaking as I replaced the receiver. The voice on the phone had been neutral, cold, business-like. I knew he wasn’t bluffing. My wife, Ann Gillibrand Smythe, hadn’t returned home last night, which is unlike her,…
Crossed Lines
“No, don’t worry, he doesn’t suspect a thing,” my wife Tracy said to the man. “We can meet up this weekend while the old sod is away on business. The boring old fart is so stupid he has absolutely no idea what I get up to.” I gulped as I held the phone to my…
Easy Rider
“So if you hadn’t braked with the dual controls and grabbed the steering wheel we’d have crashed head-on into the bus?” “Yes, I’m afraid so.” “But I am improving aren’t I, John? You won’t give up on me, like all the other driving instructors have?” “No, Bernard, not to worry, we’ll get there in the…
He was Me!
My life is hell. Ever since I can remember I’ve been looking for something. I hated my mum and dad, who pissed off when I was five. Mum was always yelling at me, so I ran away from home at ten, then when she got me back she started yelling even more, so I yelled…
The Cottage in the Woods
As I drove down the muddy track the thunderstorm broke, the car went out of control and I lurched into the ditch. The satnav had broken a few miles back, and travelling to this rural part of Devon to my new job was turning out to be a nightmare. The rain lashed across the windscreen…