Childhood stories

I tried shoving my frail $20 note into the machine that would soon spit out my concession train ticket. Once I did it spat the note out faster than I forced it in. I had to find change somewhere....

Old people can be fussy, especially if you speak better English than them.

I was 14, nearly 15 and made to travel from Bulgaria to England on a plane, with a stewardess....

In the first house I lived in, we had ducted heating. The heating vents were in the floor, all around the house, and we had one in the bathroom....

I joined this because I'm basically the band geek from American Pie and have a story for everything....

When I was a teenager and was going to church, I always sat upstairs in the balcony. We (my friends and I) were sitting in the front row and the con...

It was a hot summer’s day. A thirsty crow flew into a village in search of water. The crow flew over the houses, fields, and trees....