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Confessions
Let’s face it. Things go wrong. And we’re not always proud of what we do.
Between these covers is a veritable confession box of revelations.
Some might well be fictional.
Others possibly... maybe... probably have a nugget of truth in them.
But for legal reasons, let’s just call them stories, shall we?
Wink, wink.
Between these covers is a veritable confession box of revelations.
Some might well be fictional.
Others possibly... maybe... probably have a nugget of truth in them.
But for legal reasons, let’s just call them stories, shall we?
Wink, wink.
133 pages, Paperback
Published October 25, 2019
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About the author
Helen Laycock
21 books63 followersSHORT STORIES
Helen Laycock's short stories appear in a variety of anthologies, such as the Cabinet of Heed and An Earthless Melting Pot, in magazines, and in her own collections, and have been successful in many writing competitions. Her first attempt at play-writing secured her a shortlisting in Pint-Sized Plays in 2016.
FLASH FICTION
In 2018, she was commissioned as a lead writer at Visual Verse and her flash fiction has featured in several editions of The Best of CafeLit. Pieces have been showcased in Reflex Fiction, the Ekphrastic Review, Paragraph Planet, Serious Flash Fiction, the Beach Hut, and Lucent Dreaming – whose inaugural flash competition she won. She was longlisted in Mslexia’s 2019 flash fiction competition and her work has appeared in several Flash Floods as part of National Flash Fiction Day.
CHILDREN'S FICTION (MG)
She has penned nine children's books for 8-12-year-olds. She has been employed as a writer by an educational publisher and as a teacher.
POETRY
Pushcart nominee, winner of Black Bough Poetry's Chapbook Contest, former recipient of the David St. John Thomas Award, and nominee for the Dai Fry Award, Helen Laycock’s poetry collection Frame has featured as Book of the Month at the East Ridge Review.
Her poetry has been published by Black Bough, Broken Spine Arts, Folkheart Press, Prattlefog and Gravelrap, The Wombwell Rainbow, Poetry Roundabout, Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis, Onslaught, The Storms Journal, Popshot, Lucent Dreaming, Literary Revelations, Kobayaashi, Three Drops Press, The Caterpillar, The Dirigible Balloon,Fevers of the Mind & Visual Verse. Many of her poems can be purchased at https://www.facebook.com/pillarboxpoe....
She also writes humorous verse.
She has four websites:
Fiction in a Flash
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/fict...
Children's Author
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/hele...
Poetry
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/marb...
Tiny Tales
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/tiny...
All her books are available on Amazon:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Helen-Laycoc...
US: https://www.amazon.com/Helen-Laycock/...
She can be followed on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/helenlaycock...
Twitter:
@helen_laycock
Helen Laycock's short stories appear in a variety of anthologies, such as the Cabinet of Heed and An Earthless Melting Pot, in magazines, and in her own collections, and have been successful in many writing competitions. Her first attempt at play-writing secured her a shortlisting in Pint-Sized Plays in 2016.
FLASH FICTION
In 2018, she was commissioned as a lead writer at Visual Verse and her flash fiction has featured in several editions of The Best of CafeLit. Pieces have been showcased in Reflex Fiction, the Ekphrastic Review, Paragraph Planet, Serious Flash Fiction, the Beach Hut, and Lucent Dreaming – whose inaugural flash competition she won. She was longlisted in Mslexia’s 2019 flash fiction competition and her work has appeared in several Flash Floods as part of National Flash Fiction Day.
CHILDREN'S FICTION (MG)
She has penned nine children's books for 8-12-year-olds. She has been employed as a writer by an educational publisher and as a teacher.
POETRY
Pushcart nominee, winner of Black Bough Poetry's Chapbook Contest, former recipient of the David St. John Thomas Award, and nominee for the Dai Fry Award, Helen Laycock’s poetry collection Frame has featured as Book of the Month at the East Ridge Review.
Her poetry has been published by Black Bough, Broken Spine Arts, Folkheart Press, Prattlefog and Gravelrap, The Wombwell Rainbow, Poetry Roundabout, Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis, Onslaught, The Storms Journal, Popshot, Lucent Dreaming, Literary Revelations, Kobayaashi, Three Drops Press, The Caterpillar, The Dirigible Balloon,Fevers of the Mind & Visual Verse. Many of her poems can be purchased at https://www.facebook.com/pillarboxpoe....
She also writes humorous verse.
She has four websites:
Fiction in a Flash
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/fict...
Children's Author
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/hele...
Poetry
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/marb...
Tiny Tales
https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/tiny...
All her books are available on Amazon:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Helen-Laycoc...
US: https://www.amazon.com/Helen-Laycock/...
She can be followed on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/helenlaycock...
Twitter:
@helen_laycock
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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
November 14, 2019
In CONFESSIONS, Helen Laycock presents us with a set of short stories that read and feel like classic situation comedy. Andy they're a blessed distraction from the horror and distress of today’s headlines. The subjects could be subtitled: Grand Theft Vegetable, Adventures in Cat Sitting, Zombie For A Day, Guilty Neighbors At A Fortunetelling Party... You get the idea. The stories are sometimes worthy of a chuckle, sometimes laugh out loud funny but always entertaining. This is simply a very enjoyable little book.
May 15, 2020
I love reading short stories, they’re something you can fit in when you don’t have the time to read something longer, (or an excuse to start a new book when you have many of the go). This collection features stories that could be true, at the end of each story there’s a little rating of how true they are. They are fun, perfect stories that will definitely lighten your mood.
I couldn’t pick a favourite really but not being a cat fan I enjoyed the story ‘Letting The Cat Out Of The Bag’ and the story about making a courgette pie when you don’t have the right ingredients, ‘A Recipe For Disaster.‘ There’s a story about a lady who grows a tail as part of an experiment, ‘Lab Work Needed.’ And one about a lady desperate to go to the toilet during a dinner party, ‘That Sinking Feeling’.
They are so funny! If you need a pick me up get this book. I enjoyed all of the stories and I was quite sad to get to the end of the book. But it’s OK I have another collection by Helen Laycock to read.
I couldn’t pick a favourite really but not being a cat fan I enjoyed the story ‘Letting The Cat Out Of The Bag’ and the story about making a courgette pie when you don’t have the right ingredients, ‘A Recipe For Disaster.‘ There’s a story about a lady who grows a tail as part of an experiment, ‘Lab Work Needed.’ And one about a lady desperate to go to the toilet during a dinner party, ‘That Sinking Feeling’.
They are so funny! If you need a pick me up get this book. I enjoyed all of the stories and I was quite sad to get to the end of the book. But it’s OK I have another collection by Helen Laycock to read.
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