Hello hello, I’ve got a piece of short fiction in this years edition of Turbine | Kapohau, a New Zealand literary journal published by the International Institute of Modern Letters. You can read my short story “Omens and Amends” here, or just check out some of the other great work in the journal. The…
Interrupted Reminiscence
Yesterday, wanting to expand my writing into the realm of non-fiction (which I have long kept at a dispassionate distance) I grabbed my notebook and sat down outside to try and write something. Below is what came out of that, which I have tentatively titled: Interrupted Reminiscence. I’m sitting outside in the sun, breeze tickling…
Since we’re all stuck inside…
Considering the current state of world events I thought I should put some more stuff up to keep myself busy, and give anyone else who’s bored out of their mind during this quarantine period something to read. So I’ve put up a new short story, a sequel of sorts to A Stroke of Luck, although…
Winter Solstice
Today thousands gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sunrise, cheering as it rose between the Neolithic stones, launching the Northern Hemisphere into the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. Quite the stark contrast to the Southern Hemisphere, where the winter solstice started for me only after sleeping through my alarm for an hour…
Arctic Abandon (a micro-story)
Yes, I know I’ve been very sporadic with my posts on here, and I’ll try to blog more regularly in future (no promises). But for now I’ve got another little flash fiction story to share. This one’s about some lonely skis, (although it’s secretly just some rather self-indulgent prose) there’s not much story to it,…