by Neil | Mar 10, 2008 | Comment, Fiction, Life, Personal, Thoughts, Writing
As has been alluded to a few times recently, I have been experiencing more than my fair share of writer’s block, that all pervading paralysing fear that the ideas will dry up and not a single interesting sentence will be transmitted to the page. This happens to...by Neil | Mar 7, 2008 | Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Short Stories
Ok. I’ve been a bit pushed for time again and so we witness the somewhat dubious return of the Elevator or to be strictly accurate Elevator 2 – Tin Clouds. Err, hope you enjoy: Elevator 2 – Tin Clouds By Neil Beynon At the edge of the world where the...by Neil | Mar 2, 2008 | Books, Fiction, Reading, Review, Thoughts
So I finally finished reading it. In truth, I finished the book that launched Rushdie’s career proper (Grimus never really garnered the same attention) a few days ago. I needed to let it pretty much slosh around my head for a little while before I could distil the...by Neil | Feb 29, 2008 | Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short Stories
Not having the best of weeks this is a little late in the day, I hope you enjoy anyway. Shard By Neil Beynon The shard felt smooth like glass as he rested its not insignificant weight in his hand, he looked down at it; purple stone flashing in the grey mid afternoon...by Neil | Feb 22, 2008 | Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short Stories, The Woodsman
Somewhat predictably it’s been impossible this week to set aside time to write any Flash Fiction however I did, by chance, notice that the opening sequence of The Woodsman was exactly 1000 words long [due to a last minute edit it is now shorter]. Clearly it was...by Neil | Feb 15, 2008 | Fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short Stories
Ok. Another experiment this week. I’m not sure it works but I thought I’d give a hyperlink story a go. Urm, let me know what you think: Tinman By Neil Beynon May 30th 2020 Tinman Day: Never forget Posted by Dr Yoshi Takado Well, it’s that time of the...