This is one of the two stories I wrote for my writer's group for our Hallowe'en session. I don't massively like horror so I found it hard to write anything at all, but hopefully this will be suitably chilling, even if it's several weeks too late. There'll be an update on all my writing and … Continue reading Burleigh Hall
Arriving Somewhere Unexpected
This is the piece I wrote for my writers' group's last meeting. Arriving Somewhere Unexpected ‘Excuse me, please.’ The man with the burgundy backpack couldn’t hear me over his headphones, which leaked a tinny tsk tsk into the carriage. The automatic door closed, pinning my arm to my ribs before it whined back open. ‘Excuse … Continue reading Arriving Somewhere Unexpected
The Camp
It was the sort of summer that childhoods are made of. Halcyon days. I don’t even know what a halcyon is, but the word is older than I am and who am I to argue? The air was the scent of pine and wood smoke and the deep smell of musty canvas; tents unaired at … Continue reading The Camp
What I Did On My Holiday
This is the short fiction piece I wrote for the Writers' Group that I talked about last week. The prompt was "What I Did On My Holiday" with a word limit of 500 words. Hope you enjoy it and Happy Friday! The flux drive thrummed as the cruiser powered over the grassland, away from the … Continue reading What I Did On My Holiday
And The Greatest Of These…
And the Greatest of These… Faith looked at the cupboard, eyeing it suspiciously. There was nothing particularly suspicious about it – all she could see from here was a door made of plain wood with a chrome handle. It was deserving of her suspicion though for two reasons. Firstly, she knew exactly what was in … Continue reading And The Greatest Of These…
Mountain Rescue
Mountain Rescue Melanie woke up shivering, her forearm resting on the bare stone. It was still dark, something that didn’t seem to change about this mountain range; it had been well over a week since she had seen the sun, only a shade longer than she had been in the mountains. She was lost, that … Continue reading Mountain Rescue
The Heart of the Forest: Part 3
The Heart of the Forest Part 3 – The Vessel Robin smelt leaf-mould and damp earth, felt the crush of twigs beneath his skin. Gradually, cautiously, he opened his eyes. He was lying face down on the ground; beetles crawled across the leaves inches from his head. He jerked into a sitting position and wiped … Continue reading The Heart of the Forest: Part 3
The Heart of the Forest: Part 2
The Heart of the Forest Part 2: Esther & Amber “Essie?” He moved towards the stone archway, thinking that she must have moved off. Maybe she thought she had seen the path and decided to check if that was what it was. He moved under the archway and called her name again, but she was … Continue reading The Heart of the Forest: Part 2
The Heart of the Forest: Part 1
The Heart of the Forest Part 1: A Short Cut Golden sunlight poured through the forest canopy, striking down in such thin shafts that Robin thought that they would cut his skin if he walked through them. It was cool in the shade of the trees, though, and a walk in the forest was far … Continue reading The Heart of the Forest: Part 1
The Bloody Hill
The Bloody Hill The Hill was in front of him. It had many different names since no one knew what it was rightly called, but to Oscar it was just The Hill. On occasion it became The Bloody Hill or other contemptuous names, but usually it was just The Hill. It was a monolith in … Continue reading The Bloody Hill
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