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 | Much Ado About Nutting
The last Friday of the month is FlashbackFriday, started by Michael D’Agostino and recently fallen by the wayside. I’m trying to keep it going, so if you want to join in, add the link to your FlashbackFriday post in the
#FlashbackFriday | Zephyrs and Other Winds
This story was originally written for the Z post of A to Z 2013. As posts in the #flashbackfriday go, it’s probably received more reads than others, but as I come to the end of Camp Nano for another year,
#FlashbackFriday | Rajah of Nilgiri
I’ve been doing Flash Fiction on Fridays for a long time now, and my first reaction on seeing Michael D’Agostini’s Flashback Friday was to think, no – I do flash fiction then. But I need to write and edit my books, and
Flashback Fiction #writephoto | Lambent
Lambent is the title Sue Vincent gave her #writephoto prompt this week in 2020. It refers to the quality of light in the stunning photo she’s chosen. I’m doing some Flashback fiction at present, and this one brought back many
Flashback Fiction: Twisted Love
Twisted Love was the Chuck Wendig prompt for Valentine’s day in 2014. I came up with this story in response, about 1300 words. It’s firmly set in the late stages of the Princelings of the East stories, possibly even during
G is for G’Nauss – an #AtoZchallenge Flashback
G’Nauss is a planet in my Viridian System series world. In 2016 I took world-building as my theme for the A2Z. This year I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of the A to Z Challenge by featuring posts from my previous
C is for Castles – an AtoZChallenge Flashback special #IWSG
Castles seem to be an obsession with me. The whole of the Princelings series revolves around inter-castle rivalry. And here’s a post to celebrate C in the A to Z Anniversary challenge. I’m doing flashbacks to the posts I’ve done
FridayFlash Space Opera | The White Rose of York
Chuck’s back, and he asked for Space Opera today. I’ve cheated slightly, as I considered doing some more backstory for the Perihelix women, and didn’t think I had the time. Doing a whole space opera in 1000 words is tough,
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
#FridayFlash Fiction | Five Years On
I wasn’t planning to do one today, having done Flashback Friday last week, but I had a dream about New Year’s Eve 2021. Surprisingly, it was a good dream. It’s 1000 words, and I hope it doesn’t dampen your New Year’s
Tuesday #Writephoto | Keep
Keep is the first of Sue Vincent’s #writephoto challenges that I’ve accepted. I said near the end of last year I was going to find another blog hop to keep my short fiction going. I’m going to aim to keep
#Fi50 | Behind the Curtain
Behind the Curtain is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words #Fi50. I’m posting earlier than usual because there’s a rumour of some sort of celebration going on in most parts of the world for one reason or
Orogeny: Flash Fiction + link to #WEP post #AtoZChallenge
Orogeny, or mountain building, featured as my A to Z for O in 2015. This year my theme is flashbacks. I’m picking out posts from the seven A to Zs I’ve done before. Wednesday 17th is supposed to be the
Lyrid Meteor shower | next week #AtoZchallenge
Lyrids are a meteor shower that seems to come from the area of the sky with the constellation of Lyra behind them. They’re photobombing Lyra, if you like! This post comes from April 2015’s A to Z Challenge. My theme