Elle Fran Williams
Bio
People watcher! Years working with people as varied as ex-prisoners - both political and civil, dementia sufferers, actors, performers - so lots of opportunity to study the good, the bad and the downright diabolical.
Stories (2/0)
The First and Last Voyage
The Now: The excitement at the quayside was muted by the fact that for some there was also sadness. It was exciting to be embarking upon this new, wonderful vessel, but for some, it was one of mixed feelings. Who knew when they might see one another again? Tears mixed with laughter. Grandmothers hugged grandchildren that they may never hold again, whereas affluent families travelling en masse were affronted by the show of affection and sadness. Dowagers and matriarchs were not at all sympathetic to the emotional ‘exhibitions’ of those less ‘worthy’ around them. They would have preferred that the riff raff keep a tighter grip on their unseemly ‘theatricals’ – or not be there at all.
By Elle Fran Williams2 years ago in Criminal
A WATERY SOLUTION
She could still see the outline of the corpse through the glass door. But it didn’t look now like it had looked earlier. She didn’t know what to make of it. In the past, she had had problems. As a child they had put it down to a ‘vivid imagination’ and it was certainly true that she had ‘interacted’ with her ‘visions’ rather than ‘feared’ them. Like a lot of children, she had ‘imaginary friends’, but her ‘imaginary friends’ persisted well into adulthood, and the antics of those ‘friends’ were also experienced by her mother and sometimes other visitors. Visitors who were, naturally, alarmed by them. The professionals who were brought into the ‘case’ by the school – and even reluctantly by her mother when things got bizarre – tended to write it up as ‘mischief’ and ‘attention seeking’ since they had no more rational explanation.
By Elle Fran Williams3 years ago in Fiction
