Perfect Family Tales And Other Trivia

The art of the short-story writer is that of the cartoonist. It is the magical craft of creating entire worlds with a few simple strokes of a pen. Tales told by an idiot? Maybe! But my tales are also a mix of reality and fantasy; truth and lies; some based on my own family; others, not. Readers must guess which characters are real; who are inventions - and who are an amalgam of both. Please draw the boundaries for yourself.

Sunday 17 September 2017

כתיבה וחתימה טובה


Very best wishes for a sweet and successful 5778 to all who are celebrating the Jewish New Year.



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Natalie Wood and Brian Fink (Karmiel, Galilee, Israel).

(© Natalie Wood (17 September 2017)

Wednesday 3 May 2017

Just Nippon Out for a Banana!

 

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Mr Martin Pavelka knows it's important to have a banana.

Do You?

In  my sagacious opinion, both Mr Pavelka and Telegraph Travel should have contacted Miss Aviva Brackman for advice.

Let's just say that it's as well that august personage has never flown by All Nippon Airways.

Discover why in:

It's Important to Have a Banana and Other Bites of Bendy Flash.

Available as an e-book very soon.

© Natalie Wood (03 May 2017)

Sunday 19 March 2017

Yes! She Had a Banana …

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What’s this?” shrieked something behind Aviva Brackman.

“I was here first!” it rasped, poking Miss Brackman’s back so hard, she almost keeled over.

Aviva Brackman and her foe, Mira Donner were pre-Sabbath shoppers at the Megazol Supermarket in Ashkelon. Both were at the check-out and desperate to get home.

“The basket you’ve just pushed away is mine - and this is my banana,” added Mrs Donner, still screaming. “I  left  it  to mark my  place in  the  queue.”                                                                                          

                                             

The citizens who inhabit the world of The Importance of Having a Banana ** are quirky, snarky and think most darkly.  The pick of the crop will be on view soon.

It’s important to a have a banana.

Do YOU?  

** My collection of flash tales, The Importance of Having a Banana and other Bites of Bendy Flash will be available as an e-book soon.

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© Natalie Wood (19 March 2017)