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Held in the Darkness

It was a long dark. It was a lonely dark. Lona lost track of the time, she lost track of her place. The darkness went beyond the mere darkness and beyond the shadows where she knew not to tread. Helda had told her that it was for Lona to come to know the darkness, to…

Universal Woes

‘It’s this universe you sold me last week.’ ‘Oh, yes. The NuCreation 159B – Model x1W? What’s wrong with it?’ ‘It doesn’t work.’ ‘Really? That is unusual. The x1W is usually very reliable. Most of the supreme beings we’ve sold it to down the aeons have been very satisfied with it.’ ‘Well, this one. It…

Out Now: New Comedy Novel – The Dirty Book

The Dirty Book My new comedy novel is out now at the special low introductory price of 99p/$1.29 Available here: Amazon UK Amazon US Universal link When his novel becomes a surprise bestseller, author Robert Block thinks all his problems are over… but they have only just begun. Robert Block wants to be a famous…

Learning the Secrets

‘Is that it?’ Stena crossed her arms and the ball dropped, bouncing off the desk and into the corner of the room. Smeg, Briston’s cat, watched the ball roll past him with some interest, but made no move to chase it. He had been a wizard’s cat long enough to learn what seemed like a…

Coming Soon – The Dirty Book

When his novel becomes a surprise bestseller, author Robert Block thinks all his problems are over… but they have only just begun.   Robert Block wants to be a famous and successful published author more than anything else in the world. But none of his books ever get a publishing deal. Now, his wife, Rachel,…

Down in the Warrens

The Warrens were a dangerous place; everyone knew that, especially those living in the Warrens. They knew they didn’t so much live there as survive another day, and – possibly – another night. The Warrens were not for the faint of heart, the nervous or even the credulous. Those that survived there survived on cunning,…

First Draft Problems: No. 2. Half-Baked

First Draft Problems – When Typing Goes Wrong ‘Then there is Viola.’ ‘Ah.’ ‘She hated you now, after the way you treated her. She would love some ammunition to use against you.’ ‘A woman sconed?’     An explanation: This is an irregular series about my typing abilities. It features short extracts from the current…

A World Spinning Out of Control

There were too many times now to dismiss them to all as accident or coincidence. Gina was getting increasingly nervous, unsure if her day would be normal, or if it would be One of those Days. There were people for whom one of those days was little more than a string of petty inconveniences, but…

Stories of Beginnings and Endings

There were stories we told each other. We spoke of beginnings, of middles and muddles and of the endings that came before we knew each other. They were tentative at first, half-told tales that petered out into hesitant looks and small nervous smiles. It takes time to know someone, at least to a point where…

The Naming of Things

So, this. It needs a name. We give names to places. We give them an identity. Even though this is all there is and she knows of no other place, or even of the possibility that there could be anything beyond the here, she still feels that it needs a name. How can anyone be…