He couldn’t move, but he could still think. He thought a lot when he wasn’t being thrown around in the toy shop. The stuffed dog wanted to be carefully played with, and he wanted to be loved. Most of all, he wanted to be real, but even stuffed dogs possess a little common sense, and he knew he […]
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It’s the End of the World (as we know it)
The Internet is abuzz with “Is the world going to end on Saturday?” I, for one, hope very much that it doesn’t. Firstly, because I don’t like it when crackpot predictions turn out to be right (though I suspect their period of gloating would be short-lived) and secondly, I think it would be a bit […]
Nothing But Flowers Paperback Release
Nothing But Flowers is an anthology of twenty-five short stories centred around the premise of love in a post-apocalyptic world, and inspired by the Talking Heads song of the same name. I’ve read all of the other stories and they’re simply fantastic. My own story, This Was Paradise, is included, which is a fictional retelling […]
Self Publishing Is Nothing New
No matter what blog you read, or tweet stream you follow, the Internet appears to be buzzing with various proclamations about the state of publishing, ranging from the so-called death of print (which, technically, Dr Egon Spengler predicted in Ghostbusters, way back in 1984) to the so-called ‘revolution’ of self-publishing. I’m not quite sure how to break it […]
Photo Prompt 33
Latest prompt, ready and waiting. 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! […]
Friday Flash – Something Blue
Thanks to the maintenance outage that left Blogger down, I put this week’s Friday Flash, Something Blue, over on my secondary blog – my mild OCD didn’t want me to miss a Friday posting. Normally I use my Cultural Carnival to discuss films or exhibitions, but this week it’s hosting my flash. With any luck, […]
