Category: creative writing
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IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY

He straightened from examining his ancient car engine as she approached. ‘Evening, ma’am. Can I help you?’ ‘I’m a little lost. Is the road to Ashville around here?’ ‘Sure is, you’re standing on it. You just follow it straight on ahead.’ Hilda looked perplexedly at the thick, untrammelled forest. ‘When you get to town tell…
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Author Interview: Iain Kelly
Originally posted on Word Shamble: Since starting this blog I’ve been fortunate to meet some truly talented, accomplished writers. Someone who definitely falls into that category and whose blog I was lucky to find early on was fellow Friday Fictioneer, Iain Kelly. I’ve always enjoyed reading Iain’s short fiction, so when he announced on his…
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CRITICAL INTERPRETATION

Felicity tried to interrupt the critic, but he had built up such a head of steam he wouldn’t be stopped. ‘The sunflower, you see, is a comment on Van Gogh’s work and the astronomical price OF art at modern auctions. It is saying to you, the viewer, is art really worth that much when a…
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IMAGINE

‘Imagine all the people, sharing all the world,’ sang John Lennon. And they shot him. ‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,’ ministered the Reverend Martin Luther…
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ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE

‘Don’t mind that,’ she said, guiding him through the hallway and round the shattered remains of a mirror. ‘Just through there,’ she pointed him through a glass door whose splintered panes were held together by sticking tape. ‘Take a seat,’ she smiled at him. He looked at the living room strewn with broken chairs, a…