The latest Improbable Press prompt had me thinking in rhyming couplets. It might be a little pat at the ending, but I enjoyed the challenge. Don’t forget to take a look at the IP Blog and try some of their writing prompts yourself! A Box for Wishes I have a box for wishesAnd every day…
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Lockdown Fiction: The Dancing Bees
Improbable Press’s latest prompt included bees, and then I thought of that old tradition that the bees must be told when their keeper dies. And then I thought of Sherlock Holmes being away during WWI as a spy. And then I thought of John Watson. And then I thought of this. The Dancing Bees It…
Read moreLockdown Fiction: New Moon
This week, the Improbable Press prompt drew a song out of me. (Check out the site and try the prompts yourself!) I’ve been thinking about werewolves a lot, for an upcoming story, and this is the lyric that happened. It might also apply to vampires, actually, but mostly it was written for a new werewolf….
Read moreLockdown Fiction: The Only Daughter of Time
Here we are again, with a story prompted by the Improbable Press blog. It seems my mind lately is rather fixated on metamorphis. The Only Daughter of Time The sun blazed hot outside but within the colonnade the air was cool and fresh. Outside smelled of hot dust; inside of earthy stone and antiquity. Ruins,…
Read moreQuintette of Questions: GV Pearce
Today I’m asking GV Pearce 5 questions about their new book! 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? The book is called Ghost Story, which is also an accurate description for its contents. There were a few themes so it was a little difficult to choose,…
Read moreLockdown Fiction: Connectivity
Inspired by an Improbable Press prompt! Connectivity I know better. Of course I do. But broke, living in my car, and denied the necessary freedom of internet access for the sixth day running prove too much for my caution. I have job applications to lodge, even with my small hope of success, and no data…
Read moreReview: Ghost Story by GV Pearce
The latest book from Improbable Press gives us a piquant blend of love story, character study and spoooookiness. This Holmes/Watson tale has an original contemporary London/York setting and opens with John and Sherlock, married for several months now, on what ought to be a belated honeymoon but which John knows to be a case –…
Read moreLockdown Fiction: Punch line
This story was written for an Improbable Press blog prompt. If you need to give your writing mojo a leg up, give the Improbable Press and Clan Destine Press writing prompt posts a go! This story is very silly but hey, it’s what my brain gave me. Sorry/Not Sorry. Punch Line The legend of the…
Read moreLockdown Fiction: Queen of Cats
This is a tiny something I wrote in response to the latest Improbable Press prompt word list: foolish human, pixelate, melting, on the carpet If you want to read the other stores prompted by these words, or take part in the prompts yourself, visit Improbable Press’s blog. Queen of Cats This foolish human heart of…
Read moreFree #Lockdown Reading
While so many of us are practising social isolation and avoiding non-essential travel, it might be a good time to catch up on our reading. At the same time, a lot of us are at risk of losing incomes, so if you don’t already have a stupidly large book stash like me, you don’t necessarily…
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