short story

Bugged

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well! I’m sharing a short story today, I hope you enjoy it! Bugged ‘Look, there’s no such thing as monsters.’ Erin wiped tears from the cheeks of her crying six-year-old and pulled the blanket… Read More ›

Tommy’s Tree

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well and feeling creatively fulfilled! Today I’m sharing a short tale with you which was inspired by a real story my Nanna told me about her family not having tree one Christmas during the… Read More ›

The Shadow Man

Hi everyone, I hope your all well and having a wonderfully creative and productive day, excelling in whatever it is you have going on right now. Today I’m sharing a short piece of narrative non-fiction about the first time I… Read More ›

Reusable Resource

Hi everyone, I hope you’re all well and having a productive day in whatever you’re up to. Today I’m sharing a piece of flash fiction with you that I just had to get out of my brain. It was one… Read More ›

The Return

Hi everyone! I’m sharing a short story with you today that I wrote a long while ago, after reading an article in which Neil Degrasse Tyson spoke about how it might be theoretically possible to move a planet. I remember… Read More ›

Writing Short Stories

The first thing you should know before you begin to write a short story is: start in the middle! You might well be throwing your hands up in exasperation right now and saying to yourself, ‘well that’s just madness! Why… Read More ›

More Writing Tips

In procrastinating a dreaded revision of my current project, I have decided to write a follow-up to my previous post Writing Tips. After all, I’m always learning and finding out new ways of doing things and some of the information I post… Read More ›

Writing Tips

Writing can be hard work, especially if you’re a beginner, so I thought I would share some of the tips that I have picked up from various places over the years in my attempts to hone my skill. So here… Read More ›