Another writing exercise where I gave myself 100 seconds to write a story, before editing down to 100 words. It seemed too good to be true. Not only had this muppet dropped his keys, but posted online whereabouts he’d lost them, even adding his address, requesting whoever finds them pop them through his letterbox as [...]
Category: Short stories
100 words in 100 seconds
I gave myself 100 seconds to write 100 words (initial word count was 117, so I had to edit slightly to bring it down to 100). This is the result: The night was dark, as night tends to be. Through the quiet streets hurried a young woman. As she passed by an ale house, a [...]
The Fall Of An Empire
"How quickly an empire can fall." "I... I don't understand what went wrong." "You allowed greed and complacency to get the better of you. Rookie mistake." "But-" "Buy cheap, build fast. I told you that's the way to do it." "Whatever. Monopoly's a stupid game, anyway." Response to the Word of the Day Challenge [...]
Dea Ignis – vss
England, circa. 1660 AD Hundreds gathered in the square, surrounding the pyre, cheering loudly. Two priests stood by the pile of wood, bibles in hands. A woman, young in years, was dragged roughly along the ground by half a dozen guards, towards the pyre. She was dressed in a white gown, though muddied and torn; [...]
excerpt from my current WIP
"There's nothing radical about my proposal." Roulette sneered, loading a single round into his trusted revolver. "Forgive me, friend," he scoffed," but that's precisely what is so suspect." Danny was a little taken aback. "You're suspicious because of its simplicity?" "Of course," Roulette nodded. "Nothing so simple should ever be taken at face value. Either [...]
Pest Control – vss
Warming my hands against the flames I watched the shapes begin to materialize out of the murk. It was always foggy by the river, day or night, and the warmth and light the fire provides never failed to draw them out. They would come in search of food; flesh and marrow, preferably human but they weren't [...]
Friend From Foe: pt.1
Nick Knight opened his eyes as his hand searched blindly for his ringing mobile phone. “Go away,” he groaned, tiredness and anger combined in his voice. Eventually locating it he picked it up carefully, being sure to avoid touching the screen and inadvertently answering the call. Squinting against the harsh white light in the otherwise [...]
Code Red
We approach the checkpoint. The rain hasn't let up all day and the road is more akin to a river. Muddy brown water flows over the tops of our shoes as it gurgles down hill. We're trying hard to hold our hoods in place, but the icy wind snaps at our fingers, freezing them down [...]
Hierarchy
"There's a hierarchy, kid," I remember my dad telling me as he cleaned the blood from my face. "You're the new blood." I didn't understand what he meant. "What's one of them?" "Hierarchy?" he asked. I nodded. "It's the position each person holds; who's in charge and who keeps their head down." "Sounds stupid, dad." [...]
Dreamwalker – short story
"Dreamwalker, this note is your next bit of data. Please contact the agency at your convenience. No further information until next transmission. This is broadcast #8277. Do not delete." I read it again. And again. And again, just to make sure. Who the hell is Dreamwalker? "Well, at least it's not the fisting one again," [...]
MS Poetry 