Screaming is Not Going to Help July 1, 2023 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings, Poetry, Sadness 0 Comment Screaming is not going to help, Nicola You know that you’re getting a reputation? Sit up, stop crying You’re... Read More
Sex, Drugs and ADHD February 7, 2022 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings 4 Comments It was some time after midnight when the taxi driver flicked on his indicator and veered off the motorway to... Read More
Sometimes June 10, 2021 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 1 Comment ‘Sometimes, we are not winning.’ I kind of wanted to shake her. You’re a vet. A medical professional, you don’t... Read More
Grief May 13, 2020 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 0 Comment I don’t think grief comes in waves. I think it comes in bursts. Ferocious and explosive. It hits you at... Read More
The Evasion of Life April 17, 2020 By Nicola Moriarty In Poetry 0 Comment She never did like to be told: No. And so, she drove Through the dust and the sunshine, The... Read More
Fighting Chance August 31, 2019 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings, Sadness 6 Comments You know how sometimes an old injury can play up? Maybe a bad knee. Or an achy shoulder. And it’s... Read More
A Short Story – The Sister April 4, 2019 By Nicola Moriarty In Short Stories 4 Comments She knew that everything they had done to their youngest sister was wrong. Knew that what they had planned next... Read More
The Second Truth March 26, 2019 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings, Sadness 4 Comments There are two truths. There is this one: A mango banana smoothie. A mild blue-sky day with a gentle... Read More
Stories from High School – Part 5: Car Accidents and Parenting Terrors August 22, 2018 By Nicola Moriarty In Musings 2 Comments I was on my P plates when my friend asked if she could have a turn of driving my Datsun... Read More
Honesty March 21, 2018 By Nicola Moriarty In Sadness 2 Comments There’s a mouse somewhere in our house. We can hear it scratching and scurrying in the roof late at night... Read More
