Douglas Bruton is a teacher at a high school near Edinburgh in Scotland. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen with honors in English and Philosophy. But it was later, at Edinburgh College of Art, that he discovered he could write. He has been writing ever since. He has gained recognition in over forty UK based writing competitions over the past two years and has been published in many competition anthologies as well as in The Eildon Tree Literary Magazine.

Douglas Bruton is acutely aware that this is all there is, this short span of three-score years and ten (and maybe some more if we are lucky). He writes to leave something behind, so that when he has gone someone might read a piece he wrote and know that a mark had been made. He writes because he loves words, and his own words so often surprise him. He writes because he has stories to tell. These are reasons enough.

About this piece:

“‘A Pebble From The River For Annie’ is part of a project that my wife and my grown son are all working on. We plan to mount an exhibition called ‘Quilted Stories’ next Easter. A quilt is by definition a three-layered piece (three fabric layers). My wife is producing a series of monthly journal quilts about A4 size; my son who is at Dundee College of Art is producing a piece of graphic work for each month; and I am writing 12 flash fiction pieces. Each month we have selected a ‘theme’ that ties each work to the village where we stay (like a calendar of the village year) and we all work to that. The three layers will then form an exhibition called ‘Quilted Stories’.”

Douglas welcomes your comments at douglasrdbruton@hotmail.com.

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