Nicholas was…

This adaption of Neil Gaiman’s flash/poem Nicholas Was is great. Done by 39 Degrees North (Beijing based studio). This was the story/poem I politely tipped my hat to on my 2008 Friday Flash Fiction story Blood and Snow

Philisophical

I’m getting to the stage in my current work-in-progress where the characters occasionally go off on rants I hadn’t expected, at this stage in the drafting process I let them do that, often they produce things that become more useful when looking back over...

Signs

I appear to be running on empty. Top five signs this is so: 1. My hair is crazier than normal.* 2. I run out of words mid… What was I saying? 3. Spacial awareness is diminished: I am slapstick gold and you can draw a pretty interesting piece of art by joining my...

Into…

As I move towards the end act of my current work-in-progress I find myself selecting my playlists more carefully to fit with the story. This has been shuffling into the mix more frequently, probably my favourite Nick Cave song....

It’s Just A Game…

My short story, It’s Just A Game…, made the draft for the Twelve Days Anthology that Dark Fiction Magazine are releasing later this month on the winter solstice. Naturally, I am very pleased, not least because I kind of wrote myself out on the flash front...