Okay, so it’s been a while since I contributed anything to the Friday Flash Fiction round - to be honest, I ran out of ideas and time. But I don’t see why that should mean that this blog can’t still run occassional bits and pieces - especially when they’re of really high quality and they’re not written by me.

Today I’m pleased that Welcome to my world is able to present an exciting new piece of work by an author who, I’m positive, has a long future ahead of her - and may the gods preserve all those who get in her way.

So, I am forced proud to present the first ever published fiction by my daughter, Niamh McGrath (aged 5).

THE GOOD DOG

One day a dog went to the shop.

And what to you think she saw?

She saw sosijis. [In the words of that sage Roy Walker, “say what you see”]

She ran out of the shop with the sosijis.

But she didn’t steal them. They were free.

She was a good dog.

Of course other critics may be tougher but I particularly admire the strong moral code running through the piece. She gets that from her mother.