Monthly Archives: August 2011
Some Changes
Having taken a break from writing flash fiction, I shall be making a few changes on the site. I’ll be doing this little by little over the next couple of weeks. I’m planning to go through the 31 weekly flash … Continue reading
Not doing it any more
I’m going to stop now. I’ve had enough. I started this because I wasn’t getting anything finished. I had run out of ideas, I was spending weeks arranging and rearranging stories in outline. I wanted to feel like a writer … Continue reading
Dovern Children: Simon
Mum says I was born broken. That was how she found me: a bruised bundle in a pile of old rags left under a footbridge. I cried for the first two years, she said. I don’t remember that. But my … Continue reading
Dovern Children: Vari
Vari stands at the edge of the clearing. Her bow is drawn. In the snow by her feet is a spot of blood. Behind her, in the shelter of the pines a wolf, a young male, cowers. The winter sun … Continue reading