Humphrey Goes East was last seen in the A to Z Challenge in 2013. I’d already written this as the prelude to my then book 8 in the Princelings series – which is now book 10, the last one. This
#FlashbackFriday | Humphrey Goes East
Fiction in 50 #Fi50 | Beneath the Surface
Beneath the surface of my life I am paddling like mad trying to keep up. One of my targets was to submit short stories to a number of anthologies, and I have done one, and identified two more. I ended
FridayFlash Fiction | Tex-mex underpants
Tex-mex was not on the menu in Iceland, although most other things were, especially in Reykjavik. It is perfectly fine for vegetarians and most special dietary needs, and I even had vegan pizza with vegan cheese one day. The Nepali
FridayFlash Fiction | The Cat’s Miu
The Cat’s Miu was something that came to me in the airport on my way to my Iceland holiday. The sunglasses shop is right as described if you’re travelling from Heathrow’s Terminal 2. I have photos for you, but I’m
#FridayFlash Fiction | The Frozen Rat’s Paw
The Frozen Rat’s Paw was one of ten randomised titles that Chuck Wendig gave us to work on, just before going off on another tour. Whilst I’ve enjoyed the freedom of not having to work to his prompt for the
#Fi50 | Fiction in 50 words – Make a Note
50 words are not enough for a full story – or are they? I nearly changed the post title to ‘dementia in 50 words’ today, because I realised what I wanted to write about as I started to write. Let’s
#Flashback Friday | Equinox on Ice
It’s Flashback Friday and it is not the equinox – that’s next month. But I am off travelling to cold places again; I’ll miss next week, although I’ll post you something in advance. So if you want to join in
#FridayFlash Fiction | The Kings Council
The Kings Council provides the forum for all the heads of castles in the Princelings Realms to rule harmoniously. Today’s 250 word flash fiction demonstrates how. It’s for the Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition. You can enter too! The Kings
#FridayFlash Fiction | What makes royalty special?
What makes royalty special? Why should someone become king just because he’s born to the right parent? Today’s 250 word flash fiction (for the Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition) goes to the heart of one of King Fred’s problems – and
Friday Excerpt: Dylan and Kevin take a trip
Dylan and Kevin are two of the protagonists of my new book The Princelings of the North (book 8 of the Princelings of the East series). I thought today I’d take you a little further into the book, helping you
Flashback Friday | Bravo Victor, rider of the storm
Flashback Friday is a monthly meme where you revisit a post you think deserves to be seen again (and again…). You can sign up to post in the Flashback Friday linky, but put a link to your blog there, so
Fiction in Fifty #Fi50 | Snowglobe
Snowglobe – that’s the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words, originated by Bruce Gargoyle, and now hosted by Rebecca Douglass, the Ninja Librarian. If you don’t already play, pop over to Rebecca’s page to get the prompts for
FridayFlash Fiction | Master of Illusion
Illusion: It’s funny sometimes how story ideas come about. I saw one programme (Bargain Hunt) talking about George Cayley, aviation pioneer born in the 18th century, and then a news piece about the anniversary of the RAF, interviewing one of
Friday Excerpt | Lord Colman names his drink
Lord Colman is one of the antagonists of the Princelings of the East series. He’s also Prince Kevin’s uncle. Colman is the reason why Kevin is not yet king of Castle Deeping. Since my new book The Princelings of the
FridayFlash Fiction | Originality and the Insects
Originality and the Insects is the first flash fiction of 2018. It’s just under 1750 words. I was thinking of working with the title “The Wrong Glasses” but I went through the list of prompts I had collected last year,
FridayFlash Fiction | Immaculata – a celebration
This weeks’ flash fiction is more of a memoir. Immaculata, and the hymn mentioned below, has for the last, well, half-century, emerged from my brain, indelibly linked to the date December the 8th. I think I’ve admitted getting my education
FridayFlash Fiction | Winter Sleep
The title ‘Winter sleep’ came from a promotional leaflet of some sort on my desk. I gave it to Rebecca as a prompt when she gave me ‘the Evil Locket‘ which I reprised last week. Inspired by memories of my
FlashbackFriday | The Evil Locket
It’s the last Friday of the month, so FlashbackFriday time. I’m always tempted to do something for St Andrews Day, but since next year the last Friday will be St Andrews, I’m saving my favourite till then. This time I’m
#Fi50 | The Worst That Could Happen
The Worst That Could Happen is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words, the brainchild of Bruce Gargoyle and organised by Rebecca Douglass. Nip over here to the sign-up page if you’d like to join in. All you
FridayFlash Fiction | Fred’s Dilemma
Fred’s Dilemma takes us forward in the Princelings saga, into the times of book 9. It’s a 1300-word capsule of life at Castle Marsh. I hope you enjoy it. It reminds me that I need to do some more pictures of
Friday Flash Fiction | I, Tawdrius
I, Tawdrius is an X meets Y sort of flash fiction for today. The idea came to be while I was waiting for a bus, and the story I wrote in my head on the bus was much better than
FridayFlash Excerpt | Dylan and the Lights of Ulva
Dylan and the Lights of Ulva is the working title of another novella featuring Dylan and Dougall, those Princelings of the North. I’m working hard on it so apologies for no proper flash fiction today. It’s a companion volume to Dylan’s
Halloween Flashback | Out of the Frying Pan #flashbackfriday
It’s Halloween Flashback Friday, a meme for author-bloggers to republish a work of yesteryear. For the full details (and the badge) click here. The idea is to post something that didn’t get enough attention, or just slipped through the attention
#Fi50 | A piece of cake; fifty word story
This month’s fifty word story for #Fi50 uses the prompt ‘a piece of cake’. As usual, I’ve taken the prompt as my title. I enjoy this monthly challenge to do a piece of flash fiction in 50 words or less.
#fridayflash fiction | Sounds of Silence #horrorweek
Sounds of Silence is my contribution to Goodreads Horror Week this week 16th-22nd October. There were a dozen prompts, and I felt one of them was more up my street than the others. You know I don’t write horror, but