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Category Archives: Short stories
Slobs vs Workaholics: 10 Resolutions for the New Year
It doesn’t matter which category you fall into. Somewhere out there is a resolution that you can keep. The problem for most of us is that many resolutions are of long duration and require a good deal of effort. For that … Continue reading →
Posted in 2018, Archaeology, Christmas, Courses, Crosswords, Culture, exercise, Festivals, Fiction, finances, Food, ghost stories, History, IT, Languages, Learning, MOOC, Movies, New Year, Painting, Pottery, Resolutions, Short stories, writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
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Tagged 2018, Archaelogy, Crosswords, finances, Food, friends, ghost stories, goals, History, I.T., Languages, learn, MOOC, Movies, New Year, Painting, Pottery, Resolutions, short stories, writing, Writing Tips
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10 Creepy Choices for a Rattling Good Read (+ 4 great films)
While not all the books on my top 10 Creepy Choices are ghost stories, I think you’ll agree that they all deliver a certain frisson. For good measure, I’ve also added four films that never cease to get my heart racing, … Continue reading →
Posted in Angela Carter, Books, Charles Dickens, Donna Tartt, Fiction, ghost stories, Halloween, Henry James, John Wyndham, M. R. James, M.R. James, Mary Shelley, Myth, Peter Ackroyd, Seamus Heaney, Short stories, Susan Hill, Vampires
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Tagged ghost stories, Halloween, horror films, supernatural, Vampires
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10 Tips for Short Story Competitions from a Judge
As a writer I was unsure what to expect when I was first invited to judge a prose competition. My first thought was to write myself a set of guidelines which would act as a life-raft if I felt overwhelmed. … Continue reading →
Posted in Editing, Editing tips, Fiction, SaveAs Writers, Short stories, Writing competitions, Writing Tips
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Tagged Barley Bread and Cheese, competitions, editing, plot, prose, SaveAs Writers, scenes, short stories, The Devil Dancers, Writing Tips
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Homeward Bound: The Answer to a Riddle
Yesterday I posted ‘Homeward Bound’, a riddle in short story form. Here, as promised, is the answer. The narrator of my story – and the answer to my riddle – is a very special book: the Textus Roffensis. Written in … Continue reading →
Posted in Cathedrals, Fiction, History, Magical Realism, Myth, Riddles, Rochester, Short stories
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Tagged 2015, Anglo Saxons, Anglo-Saxon laws, Barley Bread and Cheese, Carolingian minuscule, Court of Chancery, Earl Godwin, Henry I, Henry I's Coronation Charter, Homeward Bound, King Aethelbert, King Harold, London, Magna Carta, Manchester University, Medway, Medway Archives, Medway Visitor Information Centre, Normans, ordeals, rare books, Rochester, Rochester Castle, Rochester Cathedral, TExtus Roffensis, Thames, vellum
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Homeward Bound
I am sleepy now. It’s quiet in here. They still treat me with reverence and speak in hushed voices; just as they did in my old home. But there, I had more visitors. Now, I may not see anyone for … Continue reading →
Posted in Cathedrals, Fiction, History, Riddles, Short stories
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Tagged Anglo Saxons, Barley Bread and Cheese, cathedrals, Kentish history, Medway Archives, Normans, ordeals, Riddles, Rochester, short stories
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