As soon as I wrote that title, I was drawn to the famous line of Queen. Is this the real life or is this just fantasy? And technically I feel like I could probably leave the blog post there, the line pretty much gets to the crux of the matter. I was planning on talking … Continue reading What is fantasy? Part 1?
Category: steampunk
Thurs Thread – Holding Up
Last week was week 603 of ThursThreads on Siobhan Muir's blog. It's a weekly challenge where you write max 250 including a line from a previous winner. I was lucky to be chosen as the winner this week so I decided to let you have a read of my entry. This is my third success … Continue reading Thurs Thread – Holding Up
August Shaw- Sidekicks Unite!
Summer of Speculation may be eight months old but Shade a.k.a August Shaw has stuck with me. The brief was simple, write a scifi/fantasy story based on the theme sidekicks. It took me ages to finally hit upon it, especially when I was hellbent on making it a comedy (I still blame Goes Wrong Show … Continue reading August Shaw- Sidekicks Unite!
Obsession – a picture prompt story
Written in response to Afterwards picture prompts No.4. Find the prompts and links to other stories here. I knew if I was persistent, he'd show up. I wished Henry was with me, even if it was just to rub his face in it and show him I'd been right. But he'd left. It must have … Continue reading Obsession – a picture prompt story
Knock Knock (A Tempus Rock short)
This was written in response to MidWeek Flash Challenge No. 319 the final prompt! Please head over to Miranda's blog to see the picture that inspired this short and to see her work and previous prompts. I shall be going back and using some of the older prompts but thank you to Miranda for having … Continue reading Knock Knock (A Tempus Rock short)
Ring ring (A Tempus Rock short)
This was written in response to the picture prompt on Week 312 of Mid Week Flash Challenge, which can be found here. The phone rang again. ‘Are you going to answer that?’ Tobias was torn between frowning at the trilling contraption and his blasé partner. In the end he decided to focus his full efforts … Continue reading Ring ring (A Tempus Rock short)
Hubble Bubble, a new book and a live stream too!
Yesterday, a couple of things happened: one was that the Malarkey's Imaginomnibus: Hubble Bubble was released (yay, get it here) and the other thing was something I was not expecting... I ended up as part of the Malarkey panel for the Writing Community Chat Show Halloween Party which was broadcast live on youtube! You can … Continue reading Hubble Bubble, a new book and a live stream too!
Then there were two #MidWeekFlash Challenge story
This is written in response to the picture prompt on MidWeekFlash Challeneg number 308. Have a look at the picture and see other offering by other authors here. “How many do you think there are?” One by one the fires all began to light, conjured by the words of the gathered worshippers. “More than there … Continue reading Then there were two #MidWeekFlash Challenge story
Location, location, location
Travel around and about has been reduced the last few years, we won't go into why, but last week I actually ventured out of my home county and explored the wilds of Yorkshire. Now, me and the other half have some differing ideas on what constitutes a nice day out. His involve a lot more … Continue reading Location, location, location
News! Ish
So, not a story this time. Not even inspired ramblings of an insane writer slowly trying to procrastinate instead of work. Well, the procrastinating bit probably is correct but anywho. No, this blog post I thought I'd talk a bit about what's going on in my writing world. First things first, August Shade and the … Continue reading News! Ish
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