Okay, so on the 21st of January I predicted that I didn't know what I'd be doing, just that I'd be writing. And I was right. But I was also wrong. You see I saw a future of writing, not of writing and drawing. Yet that is the place I inhabit at the moment. My… Continue reading My Crystal Ball
Month: July 2014
Feathers and Ash
Sorry about the wait for the next bit of ‘The Gone’ but I have been ill. Getting back on my feet now so here it is – the next installment. Will Max hold the answers Bitsy and Colin are looking for?
As I step away from Max, I need to get away. The girl is gone and…
My foot bumps into something.
“Bitsy, don’t move,” Colin says with one hand outstretched as if wanting to catch me. He is too far away though.
Whatever I have hit is soft but firm and it seems to be moving. I let out a small whimper. Max looks to his right and I follow his gaze. Another pile of sheets is moving. Max meets my eyes and he looks panicked. He nudges Colin and he points. We all start to look around. Everywhere there is movement.
The thing I am near moves and I feel something try to grasp my ankle through the sheets. It is hindered by the cloth. Involuntarily I let out a yelp and jump forward. The creature under the sheet screams. It is a horrifyingly loud sound that reminds me…
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I lost a year
Well, okay I didn't lose a year... I accidentally gained a year for ten years! Does that make any sense?No.Okay... I thought I was a year older than I was for about ten years. That age went on everything; documents, banks, everyone knew me as a year older than I am.It was an accident. I… Continue reading I lost a year
Musical chairs
You see I have had to work on the unit over the last few days. It happened because I was exhibited at Aberglasney Gardens. I realised that I was losing out because of prints - basically I didn't have any. So I came back and looked at 'the monster'. The monster has sat in the… Continue reading Musical chairs
Snowflakes
No - really... Even in this heat! When I say snowflakes I mean writing snowflakes. You see, because of the dyslexia I have real problems with planning of novels. I have eight all started and all hitting about 20k words. But going no further. Why? Well, I can't sequence and I can't plan. Have… Continue reading Snowflakes
Ash
The next part of Chapter 4. Has Bitsy found the reason everyone has gone?
The sheets move and I take a step back, bumping into a bed behind me. Briefly it wobbles and then falls. The noise echoes around the front of the hospital. More sheets are moving.
I watch, horrified. Then reason asserts itself and I step forward. Colin stops me with a hand.
“Don’t.”
I push him away. “They might be hurt.”
Max shakes his head. “They were never meant to get hurt. Two outcomes, you live or you die.”
“Well, they did get hurt,” I say, moving toward the nearest sheet. Why are they not uncovering themselves?
I reach down, noticing that this sheet is stained brown with blood. There appears to be a handprint on the middle of it, as though someone had used the body to push themselves up, or they had shoved the body away from them. Oddly there is no other blood, not on the ground. Grasping…
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The Obstacle Course
The next installment of ‘The Gone’.
“Here,” Colin hands me a handkerchief. A real one. It is slightly rumpled but clean. I mumble a thank you and dab at my eyes.
“I wasn’t expecting this,” Max says.
I agree, although I think it is an odd way to say it.
“We have to go down,” I say. It is more of a statement rather than a question. I am trying to talk myself into being brave, but both of the guys nod. It is me who takes the first step though.
The road is clear until you get to the aftermath, I am guessing that the police had kept it clear. It is a guess though as there are no police cars or any sign of cars. It is as if everyone ran out of here at once, taking every available vehicle. I can’t think what that would mean… What were they running from and do…
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Spooky Tales – I am published!
I missed it... I mean I really missed it... I have been published AND it has been out for a few months AND I didn't notice! How could I do that??? I know that I submit to a number of magazines and journals but I like to keep track of the anthologies, but this one… Continue reading Spooky Tales – I am published!
Where do you write?
Today, as I type I am sat in the main house of Aberglasney Gardens. I am surrounded by green and colour. The house is beautiful and apart from a history tape that is on a loop everything is very tranquil. Why are you there? I hear you ask. Well, I’m looking after the exhibition for… Continue reading Where do you write?
Accident and Emergency
The next part of Chapter 4.
“It’s so quiet,” I say and wince at how loud my voice is.
Colin nods and Max is walking too far head to acknowledge that I’ve said anything.
“What do you think has happened?”
I know that I am talking just to break the silence but I have to. You see it is so alien. When was the last time I heard nothing? In my everyday life there is always something going on, something humming or buzzing. In the background there are voices or cars. Even when I go to my grandmother’s place there are cars on the small road, punctuating the sound of the electricity. Maybe I have a radio on or perhaps the TV, but something is always there. Now there is nothing.
I mean, it isn’t just the electricity and gadgets that are missing, but the people. Even the birds are silent. Except for the large black…
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