A small rock scuttled across the medieval stones. A fox looked up from his foraging near the gate. His amber eyes saw the Black Knight sitting on a low tomb. The knight kicked his feet against the faded inscription, and fiddled with his gauntlets. He cast his gaze around the lurching gravestones. He no longer […]
flash fiction
Spoken Sunday – Picasso
Listen! This is Picasso, a short I wrote in 2009 for a story prompt on the EditRed website. It was subsequently published on Postcard Shorts, but I’m still very fond of it, so I thought it would make a nice Audioboo for today’s Spoken Sunday! I hope you like it. Picasso Silence held the gallery […]
Spoken Sunday – Dreams
Listen! It is Saturday night in the city. It is warm, and my window is open, letting in a cool breeze. I know this is through no kindness towards me; Mother has left the window open so that I may hear the world outside. This is to punish me for my wickedness. I am unsure […]
The Silence and the Noise
Listen! You miss the silence when you live in a city. Noise surrounds you, pressing in on you, constantly swaddling you in a shroud of sound. Babies cry, competing with too-loud TVs, while phones ring and sirens scream and people shout to be heard. The sound muffles the real world, as our world becomes what […]
Polly Wants A Cracker!
For this week’s Friday Flash, I’ve returned to Captain Scarlight and Methuselah, his telepathic parrot. They made their first debut last month, in Pieces O’ Eight. * * * The parrot sailed into the room, riding the breeze from the open window. Sunlight played across the scattered empty bottles, turning the floor into a stained […]
The Unenviable Position of the Girl at the Crossroads
Here’s my short flash fiction for this week’s #SpokenSunday Audioboo. It’s called The Unenviable Position of the Girl at the Crossroads, which I got from my good friend Sophie Bowley-Aicken as part of our title swap. I gave her the title of Two Flags Flapping In The Wind, which you can find on her blog, here. I’ve also decided to post a […]
