Archives: Creative Writing
Fear of spiders
Few people today realise that our fear of spiders is a deep and instinctual memory from the time the hunters of old visited us. Will we be ready when they return?
Fairy rings have changed
With the loss of woodlands, it is easy to believe that gateways such as fairy rings are gone, lost to progress. This is not, however, true. Fairy rings never left. They changed. This, my son, is one such ring. Orbited by dancing lights, this is a gateway to the fae …
Welcome to the dreaming
Welcome to the dreaming, young lord. All of this, everything you can see inside this dreamscape, is yours to rule over as you see fit. Yes, I understand that it is a small fief; barely more than a barony, if I am honest. It will grow in time as you …
The Warren
The thing you have to understand about The Warren is that it weaves through the hidden places with little regard for logic or intuition. That is why it is so easy to become lost in this space, only to return to find years have gone by in the few days …
The twelve creations of the Wizard Humphry Smith
Humphry Smith was a wizard. Not on purpose you understand, purely accidently. Humphry made the common mistake of wishing out loud that the magic in the books he loved was real. A magical entity too strange to actually comprehend was using reality as a shortcut on the way home from …
With a whimper.
There was once a man named Barry. A detective from England who drank too much coffee to counter insufficient sleep. He was, it has to be said, a drab figure. Hardly likely to inspire even the easily lead to anything beyond deep disinterest. Nevertheless, Barry was good at his job. …
Terminal Proof
“I have a reality overflow problem,” I write. I hit send. I stare out of the window and try to work out if the trees that I see are real or imaginary. They said that a degree in maths would change my view of the world but this was not …
When it stops
This story was first written for an online writing competition. While it didn’t win, it did receive some high praise and one writer (from America) was very enthusiastic about adapting it as a short independent movie. This is the first time in nineteen months that the station and the Earth have …
Introduction
Over the years I have written some pretty odd short stories. Most of them have a slightly scary twist. The first story, for example, “When it Stops” – that was written for an online competition. I’ve given it the once over, brushed a few lines up and fixed a few minor …
Throne Room
Like many dark paths, Malial’s started with light and hope. Of course, in his case, the light was coming from glowing undersea plants but, nevertheless, my previous statement still stands. Malial (in the form of a hideous undersea beast) and the mermaid Cantrelle (not actually her name), swam along a …