Stories don’t just distract us. Walk in to the average home and see how many ways we give ourselves to escape in to stories. Break down the 24 hours of the day and see how many of them we spend immersed in fictional worlds. Stories are a compulsion. For some, an addiction. If politicians everContinue reading “Why stories compel the human soul”
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Kelly’s Crows
Today I finished two weeks at Clarion. It feels like much longer. There is a consensus that one week of Clarion world time is about three weeks of real world time (or should that be the other way around?). One of my fellow clarionites has observed that we are living in strange environment. The weatherContinue reading “Kelly’s Crows”
The Great Western Pile
Well, I’ve just finished second draft of my new story ‘The Great Western Pile’. Its a bit strange and I have no idea where I’m going to sell it but I like it. Extract below. ***** From the galleries of Westminster the Thames, that sick river, slides along at pace with history. The parliament stones,Continue reading “The Great Western Pile”
Story Acceptance
My short story ‘Circes’ has been accepted for publication in Serendipity. January’s issue takes on the theme of ‘consumerism’. http://www.magicalrealism.co.uk
Transmission – The Pulp Fiction Issue
Featuring ‘Chaser’ by Damien G Walter They took his freedom. Now he will take revenge… http://www.transmissionhq.org
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