Meeting in Vienna
Meeting in Vienna came from a set writing prompt; ten minutes or 300 words, three prompt words (oak leaf, autumn, dog lead), one fact from the round table introductions and a feeling inspired by a favourite song (Vienna).
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Fiction
Examples of my fiction to read
Short Fiction List 2024
The Short Fiction List 2024 (updated): some of the short stories posted here on the site. …
Bandstand in the Rain
Bandstand in the Rain came from a set writing prompt on the theme of… rain.
The first time she spoke, I didn’t hear for the din of the rain hitting the bandstand’s metal roof. …
Brogues from Smith-Perkins
Brogues from Smith-Perkins came from a set writing prompt: describe a character through their casual outfit, writing for up to fifteen minutes. …
Time in a Bottle
Time in a Bottle resulted from a set writing prompt: a family drama, no more than 500 words, containing Summer, heat, road, dog, sadness. …
The Serpent in the Sands
“What’s with all the cloak and dagger, old boy?” Bainbridge asked as he sat down next to me on the park bench. Smooth, dapper, reeking of expensive cologne, old money and confidence. …
Mister Rabbit
Mister Rabbit resulted from a set writing prompt: a children’s story for 5-8 year-olds, no more than 500 words, containing rabbit, ice cream, river; third person, past tense, containing both description and narrative. …
The Green Vase
The Green Vase is from a flash fiction prompt based on the cumulative sentence. It’s not about the green vase at all. …
Fiction: The Fifth Horseman
“Can I just take a few details,” Jane asked as the unremarkably short, unremarkably thin and unremarkably… average man sat in the visitors’ chair in front of her desk.
“Sure.”
Hair; brown. Jacket; brown. Corduroys; brown. Shoes; brown. Jane detected a pattern.
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Fiction: Janet Davies and the Asylum Seeker of Kla’Arg
Just when I thought I’d seen all sorts, Janet Davies thought as she approached her desk after her coffee break. …
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