Friday Fictioneers: A Major Escape
If you ever find yourself trapped in a music shop atop a high tower, break the nearest piano. Grab the keys and see if one of them works in the lock. If not, grab a guitar and strum a few chords. Tie...
View ArticleFriday Fictioneers: The Riddle of the Doorway
My quest nearly over, I came to a doorway with the head of a statue mounted above it. ‘Halt,’ called the statue. I drew my sword, ready for whatever trap awaited me. ‘You have done well, traveler, but...
View ArticleFriday Fictioneers: Swap
I should give some context to this photo. I live in Istanbul and very often me and my hot new wife (My wife was very happy with that description, Ted) will go exploring. One of our favourite places is...
View ArticleFriday Fictioneers: Camp
And on the last night of summer camp we kissed. My heart tumbled like rocks down a hill. I felt like I was twenty stories tall and strong like a herd of elephants. My hair stood on end and my blood...
View ArticleThe 100 Word Novel:Forty-One: Stand Off
Peg marched the two privates back towards the fort. In one hand she held a pistol and in the other she held Bea’s hand. The big gates opened and Captain Butler strode out. A few of the other citizens...
View ArticleThe 100 Word Novel: Forty-Two: The Humiliation of Tim
‘Let’s all calm down, now,’ said Tim, the gift shop manager, elbowing his way through the crowd until he stood at Butler’s side. Butler didn’t look at him but said, ‘Citizen, get back into the crowd...
View ArticleFriday Fictioneers: Imagine a House
Imagine a House In order to will a house into existence one must first eat a hardy breakfast. The exertion of imagining walls that can hold up ceilings will drain you until you are staring at the...
View ArticleOn Fiction Writing and how much I haven’t been doing
It occurred to me the other day that this blog has stopped being a place for my fiction writing and is gradually becoming full of reviews and links. I will have to make a New Year’s resolution to be...
View ArticleFiction: The Recipe
First published May 2012 The director counted down and the lights came back on in studio 6. ‘And we’re back,’ said Cole Flint, celebrity chef. ‘Now before the break I was showing you how to make mini...
View ArticleFiction: The ABC Story – Therapy
Therapy The doctor looked up from his notebook at the patient lying on the couch in front of him. ‘Mr. Humbert, Hal, tell me about your dreams. What did you dream about last night?’ Hal cleared his...
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