New relationships are often the most intense but what about the new relationship that happens like a bolt from the blue or a coup de foudre.
In Bagpipe Lover, the piper looks across a crowded bar and sees the lady of his dreams. Seeing she also wears a wedding band and the protective arm around her shoulder of the man that looks like her husband, our musician leaves the crowded county bar at the end of the evening sadly and alone.
His spirits are raised to fever pitch when he discovers, in the dark country lane, that she knows he has been watching her all evening and reciprocates strong feelings of attraction.
You can read the free online relationship short story Bagpipe Lover by Rob Hopcott by following the link. The story is to be continued.
This story is copyright Rob Hopcott 1999 - 2007, all rights reserved. All characters are fictitious and no reference is intended to any person living or otherwise.
Painting pictures of the mind is a creative short story by Rob Hopcott which examines the relationship of living paintings, the stories they contain and the way art is brought to life for viewers and artists.
The reader is drawn into a web of relationships through a series of interconnected characters that present reality from different points of view.
Relationships and reality undergo rapid changes throughout this short story which is unsettling until the story is finished, relationships are resolved and the picture is painted.
Painting pictures of the mind is copyright Rob Hopcott 1999 - 2007, all rights reserved. All characters are fictitious in the story and no reference is intended to any person living or otherwise.
Ex-classmate from Hell is a free online short story about a grown woman who is contacted by an old school classmate who bullied her.
She finally agrees to meet with him. Their agendas are very different. He wants to carry on where he left off and she needs closure for an incident that has haunted her throughout her adult life.
The story takes place in London where the bully is now a successful business man. His victim appears to be just a housewife but there is a twist to this tale.
Restaurants and relationships in ‘Valley of Dreams’ is a free online short story about a business adviser, the battle of ‘living the dream’ in the hard world of commerce and the feelings of a husband of jealousy about his wife’s affair. Located in a beautiful West Country valley in the UK, it seemed like life would be bliss … until the customers don’t come. A small business adviser is hired and soon becomes too friendly with the cafe restaurant owner’s wife.
I hope you enjoy this free online short story and will take a look at my other free online short stories and novels / novellas.
Bye for now
Rob
‘Smart Touch of Spice‘ is a story about spicing up a relationship.
Alice is a very prim and proper woman who likes nothing better for everything to be in it’s proper place and when her husband accuses her of not being as adventurous in her relationship as his secretary, she sets about refuting his claim in her usual methodical manner.
Then events turn nasty later in the day but she is doubly prepared.
Alice is a great character who always seems to have something in reserve to surprise the reader and this short crime story by Rob Hopcott does not disappoint.
Copyright of this short story Rob Hopcott 1999 - 2006, All rights reserved. All characters are fictitious and no reference is intended to any person living or otherwise.
Welcome to my relationships weblog 
Most of my free online short stories, novels and novellas are about relationships in some form and so I thought it would be fun to have a blog that discussed and commented on these relationships.
For people who are not authors, this might seem strange but authors couldn’t be authors unless their characters were almost real to them.
So, if you are interested in my stories and are interested in character relationships, please use the excellent RSS system to keep track of when I do updates to this site.
I look forward to seeing you.
Bye for now
Rob
