D.S. Williams

The Online Home of D.S. Williams and her alter-ego Leah Dempster

  • Thoughts from the dark side…

    Boy. Every time I think I’ve delayed putting up a blog post by months, I manage to break my own record. (And no, that’s not something I’m particularly pleased about.) I join you in something of a world gone mad – as Coronavirus spreads across the world, I’m beginning to wonder if I’ve actually found… Continue reading

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  • Five Minute Fiction

    (I’ve placed this under five minute fiction, but there’s a lot of truth which cuts close the bone in this short burst.) “Are you okay?” It was a question I’d been asked half a dozen times so far today, and each time I’d repeated the same simple response.  “I’m okay.” Except I probably wasn’t.  My… Continue reading

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  • Yep, I’m still alive…

    I hadn’t realized just how long it had been since I wrote a blog post, until I checked on this page today.  2019 is one of those years which has gotten totally out of control, not least because the DH (upon our arrival in Queensland in January for a new posting) had no sooner arrived… Continue reading

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  • Five Minute Fiction

    The dog was taking me for a walk, not an unusual occurrence at 10am in the morning. Given that Geoffrey the Bull Mastiff was one hundred and twenty pounds of pure, dopey muscle, it was the best time of the day to go walking. Mainly because there was no-one else alive in the immediate vicinity;… Continue reading

  • Five Minute Fiction…

    The cemetery was still, quiet. It seemed as I walked further into the grounds of the majestic, gothic church, its dominating presence overwhelmed the city beyond, forcing it into silence. No sound penetrated this far into the grounds, and the thick moss beneath my feet also muffled any footsteps. I walked among the stones, reading… Continue reading

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