While my next proper story is developing I thought I'd try a drabble. Peggy joined the WRNS (Women's Royal Naval Service) and gets her first posting.

It's 1948. Dorothea turns to Dick for help.

"Colonel Jolys sat down by the telephone after dinner, ready to answer immediately if anyone should ring. But a full stomach and a hot day conspired against him, and though he would never have admitted it, he fell into a doze. The jangling telephone bell woke him with a start." 50x500 9

Truths, half-truths, and lies John and Nancy tell each other over the years.

A very short scene in which after some teasing, Nancy and John discuss the probable outcome of the war. Sets the scene for further stories.

Nancy decides to be firm with John.

Dorothea sat near the bank of the river...

Captain Flint's relationship with Mabel Lovelady has put Nancy's nose out of joint. How will the Amazons get rid of her?

Nancy lingers one last time to say good-bye to the Blackett family home

After the fire on High Topps, Dick and Titty look for stars and make plans for the rest of the summer.

This is a repost of Lucy Reywood's story- I am AS and have forgotten her login details so have had to update on my own account. For ease of use, I've transferred the whole thing over. I've had a bit of an edit so for any old readers (if you haven't given up on me yet) Chapter 8 has a bit more to it than it used to. Enjoy!

Susan stood near the lakeshore, gazing into the waters..

No-one will be surprised that John Walker joined the Navy. But what is the life of a young officer like, and can a love of small boats be useful when serving in His Majesty's Ships? Will childhood friendships survive the onset of adulthood? Not a continuous narrative, more a selection of scenes as in Forrester's "Midshipman Hornblower". Starting at Dartmouth Naval College.

Titty walked down to Swallowdale late one cloudy afternoon...

Peggy woke up one stuffy night...

John Walker was ready to become a man. Sequel of a sort to "Falling Star"

Nancy...never...wanted...to...grow...up...

I posted some of these snippets two years ago, but took the story down as some of the snippets got inserted into their own stories and some turned out not to have happened that way after all. Also, since I made a guessing game out of it, I did torture some sentences to provide pronouns rather names. So here, without the guessing, and with one extra little bit are some Valentine day

Roger sees unusual activity in the harbour and offers to help out, resulting in an experience that he will never forget.

Now that the world seems safe from evil spirits, the main spirit of sky perishes suddenly from the hand of an old Northern witch. Seyvina, the spirit of earth, knows that the times have changed and they no longer can protect the earth. It is time for her to open up a secret script, stolen by her from the Creator's inn in the sky too learn about the origin of the world.

The third of my stories about the Swallows, Amazons, Ds and Eels as adults - this one is set in the 1980s. Once again to make sense of some of the story it helps to have read my previous two! (Rated T as it is really for adult readers who are familiar with all the S & A books.) I've given this a new title as the original has been used here - apologies!

As they sail away from Secret Water, the Swallows and Amazons tell Commander and Mrs Walker some of their adventures.

Set during my story " A provincial lady visits the Lake." ( just after the Picts and the Martyrs) The younger Swallows have befriended Vicky and Robin who are spending the night on Wild Cat island, never having camped before. The mates and captains have their misgivings about this, and John is having trouble sleeping. He tries to get to sleep by imagining a "prequel" to Missee Lee.

Another story of the Swallows, Amazons, Ds and Eels as adults. This one is set in the late 1960s, again written mostly for adults to read, and rated T as it is really for adults not for anything to do with content. (Some of the story will only make sense if you have read 'Different Territory' first!)

A story about the Swallows, Amazons, Ds and Eels as adults set after WWII, showing how they have grown up. It is written really for adults who read the original books as children (hence the T rating, there is nothing to alarm or offend.) Apologies for the formatting errors - this was my first posting!