Books and Stories by Voinks the author
It’s that time of year when ghosts walk, ghouls wander the earth and laundry fairies get up to mischief. Wait, that doesn’t sound quite right. All will be revealed, but first a very short story. Remembering. Even though I hadn’t visited the house for over fifty years, I found my way easily along the pitch-black path …
Continue reading ‘Weird and Peculiar Tales,’ Remembering, and Laundry fairies.
In recent months there have been several unusual events of nature affecting mankind. Add to this the daily news of man's inhumanity to their fellow man and I wondered if there was a connection. ‘Hello demon. What are you doing up here? I haven’t seen you since I banished you to hell a couple of …
Have you ever tried to trace your family tree? If you go back far enough you could discover your ancestors were royalty, or more likely convicts. 😀 It's a theme woven into the book I'm working on at the moment, provisionally entitled 'Murder of Changes,' which I hope to release early next year. Meanwhile, here's …
Health appointments have left little time for writing this week, so for a change I thought you might be interested in reading an extract from one of my books. At the moment the revised version is only available in Ebook format until the migration of Createspace to Kindle Publishing is completed. It seem to have …
The news lately seems to be full of the plight of the homeless and various addictions. Those of us with a reasonable standard of living might wonder how people can end up in such dire straights. Perhaps it's easier than we think. It didn’t start off that way. Everyone enjoys a drink, don’t they? A …
No short story this week as I've had my organisational hat on. A while ago a book blogger asked if I would like to do an interview and you can read it here: Love of Fiction interview link You might believe an independent author only writes books - not true! 😀 They also have to be …
A prompt on a writer's group about childhood memories brought to mind funfairs on the town common when I was a teenager. I didn't expect it to take this turn but as usual the characters took over with an ending I wasn’t expecting. I was lost. As it had been over forty years since my …
