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.
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 …
Inspiration for short stories can come from a variety of places, and I enjoy the challenge of being given random words to incorporate into a story. A member of a writers' group suggested the words Séance, Rapid, Perverse, and Epiphany. This was my idea. Even as a child Rose was perverse. ‘Come on darling, your …
I have been away with little Internet access so apologise for the delay while I've been catching up with posts. Nevertheless, I was delighted to be a blogger's featured guest (or rather one of my characters was) and you can hear what he had to say by clicking on the link below. Andrew's story Thank …
I came across two separate prompts for short stories I intended to write and thought it would be fun to combine them. This was the result. 😀 ‘This house is freezing.’ ‘It’s not really that bad Jack; it’s just been empty a long while. Now we’re here lets at least look round. Will you …
This story was inspired from two totally different sources. The loan of a cottage to allow fledgling writers tranquility is true, and the ghost story for Halloween was a prompt for a short story competition. As for the rest I'll leave you to decide how much is fiction. Thud! There it was again, the same …
Have you ever been sure you've set your alarm clock, only to find it turned off. Perhaps one of your many gadgets stops or starts working for no apparent reason. Here's a possible explanation. Enjoy. It used to be so easy being a ghost. We could just drift around without any interference and the …
