The Abstract Art Gallery
A writing gallery created by writers from around the world. From poetry to song lyrics, from essays to entire novels and short stories.
From 'The Mary White', a novel based on the true story…
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…my first hanging. Whilst I am interested to discover what draws the huge crowds to a ‘collar day’, I particularly want to see an end to this gang of north Kent men, who have caused my Stephen so…
By Gillie Bowen
Read MoreMary White's dream is to build a rescue boat that will save lives. This is a novel based on an…
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…just me on his back, Hercules pounds off at great speed. Up on the cliff path, we cover the five miles to Stone Bay in less than ten minutes. As I head for the beach, there is already a crowd of spectators gathered, some to watch, others to help. No doubt there’ll be looters waiting for cargo to be washed…
By Gillie Bowen
Read MoreThis is the first chapter of my current WIP
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…married? At your age, Tom?” My uncle Thomas looked up from the drafting board in surprise.
“Well, I am twenty-one, and Elizabeth is twenty in November,” I said with a smile.
“Twenty-one? I still think of you as a young lad! How long have your worked at the…
By Gillie Bowen
Read MoreThis is the opening chapter in Book 3 in the Ville Rose trilogy:
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Chateau Eugénie, Albas, France, 22 November 2036
“She is now fully dilated. It’s time to leave the bath,” said the mid-wife, whose name was Jessica.
“Come on Jules, you gotta get out of this bleedin’ bath unless you wanna give birth to a blinkin’ tadpole!” Tracy said and signalled to Didier to take her sister’s other arm. They lifted Juliette from the water and onto her feet. He scooped her warm wet body into his arms.
Juliette wanted a natural, water-birth for her baby. She chose to have the child…
By Gillie Bowen
Read MoreThis is the opening chapter of Book 2 in the Ville Rose Series
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La Minoterie, Montauban, Aveyron, France, 21st May 2035
…not my biological father, is he?” Juliette attempted to keep the hostility from her voice but her mother looked up sharply and swung round in her chair. Alarm registered in Patricia’s astonishing green eyes and she pushed her long, dark hair behind an ear in a characteristic gesture.
“What on earth do you mean, Juliette? Who isn’t your biological father?” She stood, hesitated briefly, and then moved swiftly towards her daughter, her arms outstretched. Juliette stepped sideways, avoiding the…
By Gillie Bowen
Read MoreThis is the opening chapter of the first book 'Towering Expectations' in the trilogy, The Ville Rose Series. All three books are available on Amazon.
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1999
15 Rue d’Embarthe, Toulouse
He was still in bed. It was four o’clock in the afternoon and he was still in bed.
…opened the door to their bedroom in the flat on the third floor of the house in Rue d’Embarthe and frowned. Normally, it would have amused her and she’d have climbed in next to him and they’d have made love. Instead, today, she was irritated by his laziness.
“Have you been in…
By Gillie Bowen
By Gillie Bowen
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