Making of A Sinister Six – #6 The Book

The Book This is a book that needs to be read.  It’s a book that wants to be read; however, reading it could bring about the destruction of our own universe. At the time I wrote this, I was reading a lot of HP Lovecraft.  Cosmic horror-type stuff, you know?  Although a lot of what I write could be described …

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 …

Making of A Sinister Six – #4 A Snap Of The Fingers

Continuing with my series on insights into the making of A Sinister Six, here is a short look at some of my thinking behind the next story in the collection: A Snap of the Fingers A Snap of The Fingers asks the questions 'What would you do for a loved one?' and 'Would you die …

Making Of A Sinister Six – #3 The Girl In The Park

The Girl in the Park The Girl in the Park tells the tale of a boy who encounters an enigmatic young woman in the park. As he grows, he begins to fall in love with her, but it is only at the end of his life that he discovers how he can be with her. …

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 …

Serial Saturday: [Horror] I’m Watching You #7

Good morning (if you're in the UK)! Serial Saturday again and time for another instalment of 'I'm Watching You. Last time, after leaving work, MIKE had dropped into a local shop for some beer that he thought could be the answer to his problems, only to encounter the EYE staring back at him from a …

Serial Saturday: [Horror] I’m Watching You #6

Another week done. I can't believe how quickly the days go by. I think that means I'm getting old! Today I have Part #6 of my horror story, I'm Watching You. It's the story of MIKE'S decent into madness as he struggles to differentiate between what is real and what is imagined. You can read the …

Serial Saturday: [Horror] I’m Watching You #3

Last week, our protagonist, MIKE, had seen the eye staring back at him as he shaved. It wasn't in the mirror, it was half way up the wall behind him. Now starting to question what's real and what isn't, Mike heads to work to see if he can restore some sanity in his life. You …

How to get your hands on 30k words of FREE fiction

For a long time, I've been offering a free story to readers as an incentive to join my email list. It has been chugging along, adding people here and there, but I felt like I wanted to offer something more. Something different. But what? Two stories? I'm not sure if I can sell myself on …