This story first appeared in the November issue of SciFanSat, a monthly free ezine. This one was actually nominated for the monthly award and was then published in the end of year nominees edition. I enjoyed writing this one and think it could be a lot of fun to do more with it. It may … Continue reading Hidden in the Stacks
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Long Way Home – Avalon and Albion short
This week I did a short Avalon and Albion tail for Thurs Threads and received one of the 2 honourable mentions so I though why not let you all read it too. Read about ThursThreads and the other stories here: https://siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads-week-646-winners/ He cleared every room, switching on every light to check she wasn’t laying somewhere … Continue reading Long Way Home – Avalon and Albion short
Malarkites Assemble!
Malarkey's Imaginomnibus is the brainchild of writer Ross Young. He has gathered some of the greatest fantasy and scifi indie writers, and me, in order to put together a set of amazing anthologies. I have been lucky enough to have now been in two of these books: Hubble Bubble was out last year and this … Continue reading Malarkites Assemble!
Caveat Emptor
This story first appeared in SciFanSat ezine in Jan 2024, a free themed zine available online from Blue Boar Press. I had that feeling again. The one like I was being watched. Which was possibly due to the bar being packed. I searched around for Heather; she’d gone to get drinks so long ago I … Continue reading Caveat Emptor
Signs – Flash fiction
This was written in response to Thurs Threads 627 on Siobhan Muir's website. The story had to be 250 words max and contain the set phrase: I looked at the signs. Find the rest of the entries here. I looked at the signs. They were all there: all seven of them. I let out a … Continue reading Signs – Flash fiction
Guard Duty – a short story
This story first appeared in SciFanSat ezine issue 7 Tap, tap, tap. Frederick sighed and stilled his restless foot. The chair scraped along the stone floor as he stood up and started to march around the room. It wasn’t much to look at – a circular stone wall enclosing the space, with only one door … Continue reading Guard Duty – a short story
Interlude – a short prompt story
Written in response to the prompt 'Why are you here?' on thursthreads 27/6/24 “Why are you here?” She didn’t answer. Her reflection just stared at back at her with the same sad expression. Her head dropped forward as she stared into the sink. How long could she get away with hiding in here? Would they … Continue reading Interlude – a short prompt story
Wilkovia’s chamber and RPG story
So WaysUnseen drew a nice little underground map and let me loose with the words. You can get maps like this as a free patreon subscriber or get even more resources from a paid tier. But this one is a nice little freebie so you guys can have it too 🙂 I've written a second … Continue reading Wilkovia’s chamber and RPG story
4 word prompt story exercise
Two posts in two days!? What madness is this?! Well, a long while ago I did a post with a whole list of twitter prompt words. Writing something around one word can be tricky, try combining multiple! But tonight I gave it another go! So if you are interested here are what the prompt words … Continue reading 4 word prompt story exercise
Fallen
This was written for week 609 of Thurs Threads hosted by Siobhan Muir. This is also a sort of sequel of the previous short, also on the blog called Falling. Find more about the other stories here. “I asked for a report from Belzia an hour ago.” Rafe raised his gaze to glower at his … Continue reading Fallen
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