Six Word Horror Saturday

Well, last week wasn't enough to exhaust all the six word horrors I have in mind. Today I have a few more to attempt to scare you with. The rules: Something that chills. Just six words. Simple. Here's what I've got for today: The shadow moved. It heard me. The darkness was absolute. She screamed. …

Six Word Horror Saturday

I've had a few of these building up in my brain for the last few weeks, so I wanted to let them out to play in the sunshine (or moonlight). If you've not seen any of these before, it's quite straightforward: is it possible to write something chilling in just six words? Writing a full …

How Long Should Your Story Be?

I started off writing several years ago with micro fiction, at under 250 words. At the time, it felt the most comfortable and safe way to go about things - did I want to invest time in something that people might hate? Also, I didn't think I had enough to say to make a story …

Making Of A Sinister Six #5 – The Photograph

The Photograph When the photograph was taken, there were three people in it.  Now there are more.  A lot more.  THORLEY LANGDON has seen his ten-year-old son in the photograph. Thirty years after his son failed to come home from school. The Photo was the name of the first piece of flash fiction I ever had published online.  It was www.microhorror.com If …

The Making of A Sinister Six – #2 I’m Watching You

Last time I talked about the thinking behind Die, Blossom, Bloom. This week it's the turn of I'm Watching You, as the next of the stories in A Sinister Six. The inspiration for this story, came from two completely separate sources.  The first was a short story I read by Stephen King. It was called The Moving …

The Making Of A Sinister Six – #1 Die, Blossom, Bloom (Novella)

It's been a few months since I dropped back into writing, and one of the first things I did, was to look back at some of my previous work, if only to remind me that at some point in the past, I had been able to do it, and hopefully that would encourage me moving …

Six Word Horror Saturday

I hope you are well and all prepared for Christmas! I've made all my Christmas purchases for this year, now I just need to send out my daughter's presents - she's studying abroad at the moment in this very awkward Covid-19 year. I'd say she's better off not being in the UK at the moment, …

Serial Saturday [Horror] – The Girl In The Park #5

Good Morning all (depending on where in the world you are. Other timezones are also available). Last week, our protagonist had all but given up hope of seeing this enigmatic woman again, until one day when he catches sight of something that draws him to investigate. It's not immediately obvious what he has seen, but …

Serial Saturday [Horror] – The Girl In The Park #2

Weekend again and time for part 2 of the horror story The Girl in the Park.Last week, we met our protagonist who was telling us about his childhood and his connection with the park. He also told us about a mysterious girl he saw there when he was a boy.last week's episode was finished off …

Road to a [Horror] Comic – Sept 2020

Way back when, I had decided that I would try to create my own comic book version of one of my short stories, and every couple of weeks or so, I was posting my progress towards that end. Well, as mentioned in an earlier post, life kinda stepped in the way, and those posts (along …