The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: #blogbattle
There’s Still Time #blogbattle
This was written as a response to the latest #blogbattle monthly prompt which can be found here. So many of man’s innovations have their roots in accidents. Penicillin for instance. One, however arose from a circularity, an accidental glimpse of … Continue reading
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Blog Battle, One Heck Of A Prompt
I try and do some short fiction pieces on this blog and for that, often rely on the stimulus that prompt’s give me. I still take part in Charli Mills’ weekly offerings at the carrot ranch but one of the … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 4
Parts 1 to 3 can be found over the last three ways; today we conclude. Roland did well not to throw a sickie. He maintained a small and dwindling hope that there’d be nothing waiting for him but even as … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 3
Parts 1 and 2 were over the last two days; last part, part 4, tomorrow Another week passed and Roland found himself approaching no 25 again. This time he smiled, remembering how he’d put that wind up merchant in his … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 2
Part 1 was yesterday A week later and Roland walked ahead of the cart to where no 25’s bins awaited. All week he’d tried to convince himself that he’d imagined the hairy thing that spoke immaculate English. It couldn’t have … Continue reading
Roland And His Special Sight: Part 1
This is sort of written for the #blogbattle, but then it didn’t end at 1000 words so I’ve broken it into four parts to be spread over four days. Next installment tomorrow Roland tugged the grubby garbage bin away from … Continue reading
The Blue Door #blogbattle #shortfiction
Was it really just a week ago? Time seems to have come loose, it’s lost its shape, its coherence. I recall the start. That much is easy. I can recall the exact time, too. Six am, by St Stephen’s clock; … Continue reading
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Death And The Harvest #blogbattle #shortstory
‘Are you awake, Mrs Pelligonium?’ Doctor Crimson Atak kept his eyes on the monitors. He wasn’t surprised by either the lack of response, nor the messages conveyed by the myriad machines. He nodded to the nurse on the other side … Continue reading
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A Constitutional #blogbattle #shortfiction
Geraldine Stipend was grateful for the struggles undertaken by her ancestors that enabled her to enjoy the rights and privileges that, today, people took for granted. She determined to teach her children that they should be prepared to make sacrifices, … Continue reading
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A Career In Tea #blogbattle #creativefiction
Gribble Thomas felt the interview had rather got away from him, though he was confident his question would recoup any lost ground. It had started well enough. The panel of three – a grey haired elder statesman type who’d done … Continue reading
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