Looking for an escape...?

Step back into a different time and era with these fictional short stories,
where men wore hats and tough talk prevailed.
Cinematic oil paintings accompany each tale.
Each story often ends with a twist that will leave you surprised and intrigued.

Short stories based on paintings

Scent Of A Rose an oil painting by Theo Michael

Scent Of A Rose, a love story...

Have you ever met someone and been so totally in love and in awe of them it almost hurts? Philip had. He would only have to look into her big...

Scent Of A Rose, a love story...

Have you ever met someone and been so totally in love and in awe of them it almost hurts? Philip had. He would only have to look into her big...

restaurant painting Nightlife by Theo Michael, read a short story inspire by this painting here

Restaurant painting Nightlife, a fictional shor...

I don’t know Joe, living a lie is better than living a life alone... Have you seen the guys on television, the guys acting out as bar staff, they are...

Restaurant painting Nightlife, a fictional shor...

I don’t know Joe, living a lie is better than living a life alone... Have you seen the guys on television, the guys acting out as bar staff, they are...

Am I pitiful for contemplating this blind date...

Am I pitiful for contemplating this blind date...

As I push a lonely olive around my plate, I muse that it might be a metaphor for my life at the moment, sitting alone in this little taverna, feeling...

Am I pitiful for contemplating this blind date...

As I push a lonely olive around my plate, I muse that it might be a metaphor for my life at the moment, sitting alone in this little taverna, feeling...

The Picnic Basket an oil painting by the artist Theo Michael

I unstrapped my dress and let it slip to the fl...

The sun was streaking my hair, blond highlights were appearing, my skin a golden tan. My luck had run out and I was taking time out. I had to think...

I unstrapped my dress and let it slip to the fl...

The sun was streaking my hair, blond highlights were appearing, my skin a golden tan. My luck had run out and I was taking time out. I had to think...

The Chess Players, a Vettriano inspired oil painting by Theo Michael

He Pulled The Trigger.... Chess, It's Only A Game.

‘March is the drunk month, you know that, don’t you?’ I asked Peter.  ‘What are you on about?’ He replied, ‘I’ve never heard that expression before.’  ‘I got it from...

He Pulled The Trigger.... Chess, It's Only A Game.

‘March is the drunk month, you know that, don’t you?’ I asked Peter.  ‘What are you on about?’ He replied, ‘I’ve never heard that expression before.’  ‘I got it from...

The Melon Seller by artist Theo Michael, a typical scene of a Larnaca street vendor

The moment I said it, I knew I shouldn't have...

I step off the plane and the heat hits me like a slap across the face. I’ve been coming to Cyprus for years, you’d think I would have got used...

The moment I said it, I knew I shouldn't have...

I step off the plane and the heat hits me like a slap across the face. I’ve been coming to Cyprus for years, you’d think I would have got used...

short stories based on paintings, a full colour art book with fictional short stories by Theo Michael

Love the stories...?

If you enjoyed the stories you will love Theo's book Every Wall Needs A Story. The book contains 43 short stories, fully illustrated in colour with 43 accompanying paintings.
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