M.E. Proctor's Blog

First short story of 2022 - Boardwalk Oracle

The Willesden Herald published this slightly magical tale in January. Boardwalk Oracle begins like this:

The faded pictures on the vending machine showed a variety of cupcakes with and without a cherry on top, with and without chocolate chips. It didn’t mean anything. Orlando knew that the images had nothing to do with the product that would be delivered. It was a game and it was very old. Read more...

This is my second contribution to the publication. A few years ago, they published Lily. It starts:

That particular summer at the seaside sticks in my memory because it was the summer I met Lily. I thought we would be friends for life. Of course, we weren’t.
You can read it here.

Both stories are memories of times past. Lily starts sweet and turns dark, or if you prefer, a little strange...