Books and Stories by Voinks the author
Apologies to anyone waiting for the usual short story yesterday. An eye problem meant I couldn't see properly to post. The story was from a Late arrival prompt which wasn't flowing so I completely revised it, and this was the result. Hope you enjoy it. ‘You’re ten minutes late,’ my boss said as I walked …
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I appeared on earth at Easter, along with my brother and sister. The bushes which were our home provided some shelter from the rain and wind. Normally we slept during the day but at night we would go out foraging; sometimes all the family together, sometimes independently. Like all siblings we fought over the best …
‘Where’s your accent from?’ ‘I’m from Malta.’ Where’s that? I’ve heard of it but not sure where it is.’ ‘Between Italy and Africa. In the middle of the Mediterranean.’ That was when I first fell in love with the man I was dancing with, and later the ‘Rock’ that was his homeland. Our first …
When we think of space travel we imagine encountering alien species, but perhaps the aliens are with us all the time. One by one we woke from our long slumber, and after twenty years of inactivity resumed our designated duties. Thanks to the pulses connected to the sleeping pods our limbs were only slightly stiff …
A great incentive to writing is when readers throw you 5 random words and challenge you to come up with a short story. Apart from being great fun they make every story unique. Last year I wrote several which I published on my Facebook author page http://www.facebook.com/Voinks.writer.author I've recently had a new challenge with the words …
