Author Archives: Maria de Luca

I like to think I live a simple life, only owning what I need.

This recent tally betrays me:

Pleased to announce that my flash fiction story ‘To be with you again’ was one of the finalists in the West Atlantic Writing Awards.

Love Comes In All Shapes And Sizes (irelandwritingretreat.com)

Available to read at eastoftheweb.com http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/WithAgai1222.shtml

…. when the Muse descends, it’s Terpsichore.

Fun, but not necessarily useful when you’re writing.

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/WithAgai1222.shtml

Cover art by Graham Gill. Thank you, Graham.

When I hear about the PM’s response to an ex-PM’s lobbying I think this:

Captain Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

So it does not reassure me, TFL, that your buses are cleaned regularly.

That could be the first Tuesday of each month.

On Saturday morning I was walking across Waterloo Bridge on my way into work when I spotted a camera drone flying overhead.

I instantly forgot how to walk.

…I was excitedly preparing for a month in New York in the early spring.

If you’d told me that within a year I’d not only have not gone to the US, but that I’d stopped having my hair cut and coloured, and that I’d stopped going out to see friends, I’d have thought that I must have had some sort of breakdown, or I’d been arrested for a crime I didn’t commit.

Or maybe did commit. Why I’m so sure I didn’t commit it?