I couldn't see. It took a long time for me to be able to make out shapes at all. Wherever I had ended up this time obviously had a star giving off light with some extreme wavelengths. I managed to pull out some night vision goggles from my pack and slip them over my eyes. … Continue reading Outrun – a midweek flash fiction story
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Hey Mr DJ – a flash fiction tale
I saw him staring down at my world. I shouldn’t have been able to see him. He shouldn’t have been there watching. I knew he appeared differently to everyone in a world; it was like a chameleon mechanism. Here I could see a giant figure looming over, a metallic face lit up with strobe lights. … Continue reading Hey Mr DJ – a flash fiction tale
Meteor Fall- An Anthology of The Collective
It began on a dark and stormy night... okay, it didn't. I can't remember what the weather was like but I do remember getting a message about a project called Meteor Fall and asking whether I would be interested in it. Well, as it was a Cloaked Press project, the answer was 99% likely to … Continue reading Meteor Fall- An Anthology of The Collective
Release the Genie- Lockhouse Escape
Trashhand I love escape rooms. A holiday isn't complete unless I've been locked in a room for sixty minutes while I yell for more clues. I've done various themes: spies, averting nuclear missiles, serial killers, robbing a bank amongst others. It's been a while since I've been in one. Certain...global events...shall we say, had stopped … Continue reading Release the Genie- Lockhouse Escape
Training wheels – short writing prompt fiction
Hey, how are you doing? I wasn't sure if my letters were getting out to you. There was a rumour that they were being put straight into the furnace after someone tried to smuggle pages of the Tartaran Lexicon out in the post. Nobody knows if anything did get out, but we haven't seen Dekia … Continue reading Training wheels – short writing prompt fiction
The Flow of Time
'Time is all relative,' he mumbled as he scribbled Words drifted, colliding on the board Meeting numbers in explosions of genius Or was it madness now? He wasn't sure. 'The day drags endlessly while you idle The work clock ticks ever slower Do you not feel the lengthening of a second?' His apprentice stared in … Continue reading The Flow of Time
There can be only…well a few?
Photo by João Silas on Unsplash Disclaimer: If you haven't seen any of Highlander, there are some pretty major spoiler in here. World-building. No matter what genre or type of story you are writing, there needs to be some kind of world-building. It could be that actually you are setting it in the real world … Continue reading There can be only…well a few?
Ode to a Blank Page
'Dear Blank Page, Today, I concede. You win. I have no words to sully your surface, no tales to fill up your gaps. You shall remain blank for the foreseeable future. You see life keeps getting in the way. The world intrudes on my thoughts and stories leaving me empty, unable to string a sentence … Continue reading Ode to a Blank Page
Tunnels – a flash fiction story
"Are you telling me it just turned up overnight?" They peered over as far as they could but the angle made it hard to see more. Loose sand and pebbles shifted under Mia's foot and skittered towards the edge of the gaping hole. She watched in awe as they tumbled over the edge. "When I … Continue reading Tunnels – a flash fiction story
Doorways – Midweek flash fiction challenge
It’s impossible to escape. I haven’t been back in years but still it lurks in every puddle, every river, every stream. You look into the water and you see your reflection, most people do. To most people the other place is locked away, inaccessible. But once you been, it is forever unlocked, even if you … Continue reading Doorways – Midweek flash fiction challenge
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