As much as we love to see family and friends over the holidays, sometimes it's good to escape. This story was inspired by a friend trying to cope with teenagers, their friends, in-laws, colds, work, cooking, shopping, Unicorns and Pixies. (Well, OK, there weren't really any pixies.) I was stressed and exhausted. Christmas was …
Tag: fantasy
A Dragon is for Life
It’s that time of year when everyone has written their Christmas list and is waiting hopefully for Father Christmas to drop down their chimney. (Don’t worry if you have central heating, Santa is an old hand at this and always finds a way to get to the mince pies.) Drago wasn’t sure if he …
Printer’s blood
An author friend was in despair at the amount of ink her printer used, which naturally inspired this alternative option. 😀 ‘Mum. The printer’s out of ink again.’ ‘Well what do you expect me to do about it? If you will insist on reproducing all that rubbish the humans post it’s not going to last …
Fat Goblins
A fellow author woke up dreaming about fat goblins at midnight, which naturally inspired a silly story. 😀 ‘I’m not fat,’ Petunia said indignantly. ‘I’m just a bit short for my weight. If I was seven feet instead of four foot three I’d be perfect. Anyway, you can’t talk. With a belly like that …
The camera never lies
This story was inspired by a photograph from Bryn Graves Photography. I mentioned that it set my imagination racing and he kindly gave me permission to use it. Although my usual expertise was in portraits I often found myself traipsing through unknown areas off the beaten track for that special picture. On one autumn ramble …
Dragon’s revenge
This was inspired by a prompt asking how the main characters in a novel first meet. Rather than respond with the facts from my current novel in progress it seemed logical to introduce a dragon. This is his story. It had turned into one of those days. First I got up late, then rushing my …
Beyond the Glass Part 3
I can now appreciate how famous actors feel when they take their third encore. 😀 After posting the first part of this story, which was initially for a competition of under 500 words, I was delighted when my audience wanted 'More.' Part 2 followed to further applause and encouragement so here for your delectation …
