The theme for the next Telltales on Tuesday 25 November is “Distractions”. Which can be: life-changing, such as marriage, or train-spotting, or minor, such as hobbies which fritter, or fatal distractions, such as love tuned too fine in sweetness, or whatever distracts your characters or engages with Distractions in your prose or poetry.

Some submissions are already in, but there is more time: the deadline is Monday 17 November. The piece should take up to ten minutes to read (say 2000 words or less). Submit via the Telltales website: www.telltales.org.uk

Telltales as usual will be at 7.30 p.m. in Dolly’s Teahouse/Wine Bar in Falmouth. The date again is Tuesday 25 November. Look forward to seeing you there.