Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while will remember me taking part in the April A-Z Blogging Challenge. If you don’t, I wrote about characters prompts for fiction writers, and I invited anyone who wrote a piece based on one of them to submit it and I would publish some of my … [Read more…]
A disease. That’s what his lawyers called it. They said he was ill and that we should feel compassion for him. They said the voices haunted him, made him depressed, which led to him becoming isolated and more depressed which made the voices worse. They said he was trapped in a personal hell, that he … [Read more…]
If you were around in April, you’ll have seen that I took part in the A-Z Challenge and my theme was character prompts. I said in those posts that I would love to see some of the stories the prompts inspired in people. Today I am sharing a story from the “A” prompt, Abandoned House. … [Read more…]
If you were around in April, you’ll have seen that I took part in the A-Z Challenge and my theme was character prompts. I said in those posts that I would love to see some of the stories the prompts inspired in people. Today I am sharing a story from the “F” prompt, Free Holiday. … [Read more…]
It wouldn’t be Halloween month without a bit of a twisted tale would it? Those of you who have read my short story collection, Twisted tales 2, might recognise this story. Those of you who haven’t – if you like this story, you can grab it here for more dark stories with a twist. Here … [Read more…]
It feels like ages since I’ve shared a short story here on the blog so today is the day to change that. I hope you enjoy it. The Secret I lay in the darkness listening as the rain pours down outside of my window. I imagine it running down the glass and … [Read more…]
Well, it wouldn’t be Halloween if I didn’t write a little spooky story would it? So here goes, a piece of Halloween flash fiction: The Invitation Standing in front of the oppressive building Bianca knew she had made a mistake. The stone gargoyles watched her. Nobody would host a party here. The invitation had … [Read more…]
You all might remember my Over to You theme from June. As part of that, I was asked by Luke from Musings For The Potting Shed to write a short story based on the numbers one to ten. I have saved the story for now to fit in with August’s writing theme. Here goes, I hope … [Read more…]
As promised, this is the last part of The Serial Husband. I hope you all enjoy it! If you missed the first parts, you can check back here: Part One Part Two The Serial Husband – The End I float on a wave of emotion. I see everything and I see nothing. I … [Read more…]
What seems like forever ago (it was actually only the start of June) I posted a short story on here called The Serial Husband. It was the first time I’ve shared any of my own fiction and to say I was nervous is the understatement of the year! As the comments started trickling in, I … [Read more…]