The Written Word Group

  Billy spent his school holidays at his Grandparents’ house in the country. He was an inquisitive lad and learned a lot from asking them questions. But his granddad’s reaction to one question he’d asked puzzled him for years. ‘Have you ever been abroad?’ he enquired casually. Billy looked into his grandfather’s eyes – they seemed to be watering. Fred’s mind slipped back over forty years to the events of the winter of 1917/18, and, he pondered how to answer the lad as the incidents of that winter flashed before him . . . He remembered the tears in Flo’s eyes as she kissed him goodbye; he remembered the training camp where he had spent three months, the ship’s passage across to France, pitching tents and marching in columns of three flanked by officers on horseback, somewhere in northern France. It had all seemed like a jolly adventure until they saw wounded men being taken away and heard the noise of the big gun bombardment, the rippling booms of the howitzers, and shrapnel busting...

The Almanzora Written Word Group will be launching their Anthology called, Dancing with Words  on Saturday 24th January 2026 at 4pm. Over the course of the evening we will introduce ourselves and have 3 or 4 readings from our Anthology. We can then take any questions from the packed crowd. It was a labour of love to get this book out the door. Blood sweat and tears where shed and a few egos too. But we are all immensely proud of the final result. So come along and celebrate an evening with The Almanzora Written Word Group. Sunny Books Location: C. Emmedio 2, 04638 Mojacar Pueblo, Almeria, Spain. Time: 16:00  

  Next TWWG meetup is set for Friday 6/02/2026 - 10:30am start.  Words selected for this meetups 500 word challenge is 'The Bleak Mid-Winter' Everybody who has an interest in writing or the written word is welcome to our meetup at Hostal Meson Arboleas.

Lily has one year left before sitting in  her GCSEs and will be taking her mock exams after Christmas. She goes to the library after school to revise and also to keep warm. Her house is cold, damp and has poor lighting which prevents her from keeping focused on her studies. Lily was born in the poorest and most  deprived parts of Liverpool where unemployment is high and crime is the profession for many youngsters. She is the youngest of three children, all living at home. Her oldest sister Olivia finds it difficult to keep jobs longer than four weeks. Her brother, Leo, has no ambition either and has never worked a day in his life. He is the favourite son and he does no wrong in his mum's eyes. He is always asking for money to keep his drinking and smoking habits.  Susan, her mum, cleans public toilets early mornings and does the washing in the afternoon for the residents at a nursing home. George, her father, also has two jobs. He is the washer upper...

  Next TWWG meetup is set for Friday 9/01/2026 - 10:30am start.  Word selected for this meetups 500 word challenge is 'Thankless'  Everybody who has an interest in writing or the written word is welcome to our meetup at Hostal Meson Arboleas. ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo!

Pedro worked as a Night Manager in a cheap flea pit of a hotel, in New York City. He lived with his mom and cousin Ava, and her three teenage boys, by three different Latino fathers. His mom worked as a cleaner in a Chinese restaurant. Ava was an exotic dancer in a sex club. Her three boys all went to school, as all good American citizens do. Rufo came in one night to shoot the breeze. Rufo was from Colombia, but pretended he was a failed painter from Puerto Rico. He fooled nobody. His big news, there was a charity concert being held in a local warehouse, and it had some of the top Latino superstars performing. He laid down the names of the artists, and Pedro was impressed. But when he heard the price of the tickets, he thought, no way. $35 was way out of their league. Rufo was known as, The Fixer, and said he could get 6 tickets for $70. When Pedro told his mom, she said, “Hell yea son. Buy the tickets. Give him the $70 and we can all go.” So, he paid, and on the day of the concer...