Moth
[tweetmeme source="nettiewriter" http://www.URL.com] I read my book until you come to bed, unsmiling and unwilling to look me in the eye. You pull your t-shirt over your head and throw it at the...
View ArticlePrizes, Jobs and Nick Knowles.
It’s been a while, I know, and I have all kinds of excuses but no good reasons. Anyhoo, this is a ‘catch-up’ kind of post, so bear with me.* Firstly, I came third in the FlashBang Fiction Competition...
View ArticleIt’s Not easy Being Green.
[tweetmeme source="nettiewriter" http://www.URL.com] Kevin hated waste. He despised the plastic packaging on the fruit and veg in the supermarket, and knew that the contents would wither, shrivel and...
View ArticleKissing Frankenstein & Other Stories
As part of this year’s National Flash Fiction Day celebrations, the lovely and talented Rachel Carter set up a blog to find the best flash fiction written by the people of the West Country. As a result...
View ArticleGlasgow Style
‘Hello there, doll,’ he says. ‘Hi,’ she says, smiling. ‘Mind if I sit here?’ He points to the barstool beside her. She sighs. ‘If you want to.’ ‘You’re no from around here, are you?’ ‘How observant.’...
View ArticleDipping A Toe in the Self-Published Water
It has taken me a long time of debating with myself whether or not to self publish my short stories. Part of me worries that they’re not good enough; part of me worries that I will be tarred with the...
View ArticleHello, Darkness, My Old Friend: A Guest Post from Calum Kerr
I am delighted to welcome Calum Kerr to my blog today in the first of what, I hope, will become many posts from guest bloggers. Cal is the director of National Flash Fiction day and has Lost Property,...
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Witch- A Flash Fiction
Dad called my mother’s mother a witch. He said she saw a dancing sprite weaving in and out of flames, cast like a shadow on her bedroom wall, the night before a fire stole her middle child. The green...
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