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October 15, 2017
A Bite of… Ian Bristow
I had just finished writing the Conner’s Odyssey trilogy and wanted to try something new. At the time, I only had a few ideas that I knew for sure would factor in: One was that I wanted the book to be a standalone, two was that I wanted to try my hand at a bit of mystery and three was that I wanted to set the story in England. Being as I tend to enjoy the fantastical element, I was inspired to write an...
October 14, 2017
Weekend Wind Down – Dying for a Poppy
Dai watched the familiar countryside roll by and tried to forget, rather than obsess about, the fact that he was lying to his bride of less than a month – and on two issues. Well, lying by omission. He had promised himself he was not going to keep anything from her about his working life. She had lived it herself and her security clearance had been higher than his until his sudden promotion.
E...
The Thinking Quill
Beloved Readers Who Write,
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October 13, 2017
Friday Friends – The Package
After running away screaming in terror at what lay inside his newly delivered package, Peter returned to the box. He had to return, he needed to see. It was real, the putrid smell leading him back to his front door told him so. He took a peek over the soggy cardboard flaps.
Gooey, bloody, torn flesh, swollen lips and a pair of dead, foggy eyes stared up at his ceiling. It was a woman. Her face, frozen in terror.
Peter’s heart jumped when he realized that she almost looked familiar. No longer...
A Bite of… Peter Midnight
Hello all. My name is Peter Midnight. Let’s dive right into this interview questions. But first, a teeny, tiny, bit about me.
I’m 30. I write sci-fi mostly. So, where to begin? The concept of far-reaching conspiracies, high technology and physics fascinate me, so does magic. It’s no surprise then that I’m a fan of shows like Rick And Morty, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, (Warehouse 13 and Eureka) (Softer core sci-fi, but still good food for thought) Dark Matter and The Expanse as well as s...
October 12, 2017
Dark Angel
It’s difficult being good, because bad girls have all the fun.
Which is probably why I found myself sitting on the pavement outside the Dog and Duck late one Saturday night. I blinked owlishly at the long denim-clad legs that blocked my vision. Came a deep-chested chuckle and I looked up, and then up some more to find myself looking into the amused face of a very tall man with a blond beard. He grinned down at me.
“How’d I get out here?”
“On my back…”
I must have looked disbelieving because h...
You Are Old
You are old so you shouldn’t bedazzle
You should be both faded and frazzled
It shouldn’t be you
With a Harley (brand new)
And a Swarovski Crystal vajazzle
© jane jago 2017
October 11, 2017
Ivy Reviews ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’
One is often asked to do reviews of other aspiring authors literary endeavours and after over a dozen forays into those depths, one has now made it very clear that only books of Outstanding Quality will be reviewed. Everything else appears on one’s annual ‘Did Not Finish’ record – a scroll of shame where many who have thought themselves worthy now lie banished, with a brief sentence to explain their failing.
...Pretzels and beer
I am old, I can tell that you fear
The passing of days and of years
But this grasping at youth
Fails to see the real truth
We should make time for pretzels and beer
© jane jago 2017
