Something a little different this time! There's always something crafty going on in my house. If I'm not scribing something, then the other one is scribbling something. So we decided why not do something that ties together this time! Ways.Unseen on instagram offers up some fantastic maps and isometric room drawings. Always a nice little … Continue reading The Cathedral
Category: writing inspiration
Digging – a MidWeek Flash story
Well damn. It’s bad enough having to pick apart the inside of the coffin. The splinters under my nails were irritating to say the least but it was only compounded by the soil. I cannot in all honesty recommend trying to dig your way up, with bare hands. Gravity, in this situation, is not your … Continue reading Digging – a MidWeek Flash story
Avalon and Albion
For those who follow me on Twitter, you may already know about a project I've been working on with Cloaked Press. If not, I'm about to tell you, but bear with me a moment first. Considering not too many years ago, I thought writing short stories was impossible, I have amazed no-one more than myself … Continue reading Avalon and Albion
On the sand – a flash fiction challenge
We stood on the beach, staring helplessly. Murmured questions rose up and rippled through the crowd in time with the tides. I gazed at the water, glistening blue in the sunshine. Would the tide continue to ebb and flow now the moon lay on the sand? Or was it just reaching out, grasping for its … Continue reading On the sand – a flash fiction challenge
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
Warrior within – a prompt flash fiction
She sat on the edge of the chair, her limbs draw tightly in as if to make herself occupy the smallest possible space. Around her the others moved and talked. She nodded at opportune moments and gave half smiles. Occasionally her lips parted to say something but the moment passed and her silence remained. When … Continue reading Warrior within – a prompt flash fiction
Hidden in black and white (a flash fiction)
She trailed behind the others as they walked. No longer did they try and coax words out of her, encourage her to join in with the group. They had long since given up getting any kind of interaction. They had decided something had happened to make her this way, that was why she was alone … Continue reading Hidden in black and white (a flash fiction)
Temporal anomaly
Jason hated taking Tobias to the future. Well future for Tobias anyway. Going to visit things that you knew through historical study was fine. You had a point of reference, you knew what was going on. But when you go forward… ‘But While, this could be a temporal malfunction. The state of it, it seems … Continue reading Temporal anomaly
Come Follow The Circus
This was written in response to #MidWeekFlash writing prompt. The picture can be found here. Do check out the image before reading so you know who you are following into the woods... You shouldn’t have followed me here, dear girl, ‘twas an error. The show’s back that way, just follow the sounds of the crowd. … Continue reading Come Follow The Circus
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?
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