I love playing host to other writers here at the Blunt Pencil, and today I’m throwing open the doors to an ambitious antipodean pair, Jodi Cleghorn and Adam Byatt. The duo are aiming to resurrect the art of letter writing through serial fiction, but I’ll let them explain the project! “Post Marked: Piper’s Reach is […]
Photo Prompt 80
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Friday Flash – Talent Show
Simon Powell sat at the table in the village hall, and motioned for quiet. The dull hubbub of voices in the audience died away, leaving behind a silence so pregnant it almost gave birth on the floor. A young man stumbled forwards onto the stage, forced on by an assistant in the wings. Simon recognised […]
Burned out and washed up?
Hello all, remember me? Wow, this makes a change, a blog post that’s not a photo prompt or a Friday flash! I know, I know, I’ve been somewhat lacking when it comes to writing blog posts of late. I’ve been telling myself it’s because I’ve been too busy. If I haven’t been working on stuff […]
Photo Prompt 79
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Friday Flash – Nevermore
A piercing caw broke the midnight silence. Maxwell Fischer groaned and pried open his crusted eyelids. Moonlight sneaked through a gap in the curtains and fell across the carpet in silky waves. He threw back the covers and swung his feet to the floor with a thud. “Not again,” he growled. He hauled himself upright and glared […]
