The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: writing
An Enigma Wrapped Up In A White Envelope Part 4
It was getting cold, or so Mazy assumed because all she wanted to do was shiver. The lane Penny had led her to was narrow with little sunlight penetrating street level and the door in front of which they stood … Continue reading
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An Enigma Wrapped In A White Envelope Part 3
To Mazy’s surprise and annoyance Penny seemed to have disappeared for the rest of the morning. When time for lunch arrived Mazy knew one thing for sure. She wasn’t eating pitta, honey and soy in the park. Indeed, eating lunch … Continue reading
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There Are People And Then There was This Chap
‘Silly Bunts’. It came up in a comment the other day. It references a Monty Python sketch called The Travel Agent and… anyway, I tried to recalled when I heard that on another occasion and, like a dog to a … Continue reading
Travel Horrors: Being In Love
1984 and the Textiliste and I married. That’s officially long ago. We’ve done the 30 years – pearls apparently – and rubies beckon. They’ll be cake and stuff and hopefully no travel. Big events and travel don’t combine well when … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, edinburgh Fringe Festival, flash fiction, honeymoon, paris, travel
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Life Sentences, The Art of Spirit Capture and beyond
Last year I published The Art of Spirit Capture, which has received some lovely comments. Here’s one such review. ‘Jason Hales loses his job and simultaneously learns that he and his brother Peter have inherited the estate of his Aunt … Continue reading
Me, Me, Me
We’re you intrigued to learn a little about me, I’ve been profiled over on the blogbattle website. Here’s the link if you can be bothered to click across. Geoff Le Pard in the Spotlight Go on, you know you want to.
The Triangulation Of Superheroes #novemberwritingchallenge
This is written for D Wallace Peach’s November Writing Challenge ‘Hi, Bat, you okay to take a call?’ ‘Who is it, Alfred?’ ‘The Mayor of Gotham. Sounds a bit angsty.’ ‘He’s always angsty. Put him on.’ The Bat smoothed his … Continue reading
The History Of Fairy Tales
Fairy tales often stem from real life. Jack and his bean stalk, for instance, has its roots in the battle between Prince Savipattugak and his brother, Giantanaparan. ‘Gak’ raised an army to defeat Giantanaparan’s forces but the cost was borne … Continue reading
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Tagged Fairytales, historical fiction, prompt, writing
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Choosing Isn’t Easy
I hosted a small writers’ retreat this weekend gone. Each of us was at a different stage in production of our latest work. In my case I’ve been editing the sequel to my first book. That edit finished on Sunday … Continue reading
Limes are the sourest fruit #mondaymotivations #shortstory
Esther Newton’s Monday motivation prompt is Flaskback It was just a party, a few friends. ‘Come,’ they said. It’ll get you out.’ I refused. Twice but then, well, I had to some time, didn’t I? People are kind. No comfortable … Continue reading
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Tagged Esther Newton, flash fiction, flashback, microfiction, monday motivations
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