David Hadley's Blog, page 39

Getting Started

This time was different. She was not sure if she liked it this way, or not. This time, when she arrived on the blank page, it was not blank. There was a room there. Not much of a room, admittedly. It was rectangular, maybe even square. She was not that bothered about knowing if it…

The World Storms

Sometimes there are too many worlds out there. They fall across each other, overlapping and spilling into each other. It takes time to sort them out, put each one back on its own track, give each one its own independent timeline again. The technicians gossip, as technicians always do, that the storms are getting worse.…

Looking for a Story

‘Well?’ ‘Well, what?’ ‘What shall we do now?’ ‘I don’t know. I thought you would have some idea.’ ‘Why me?’ ‘Well, if you don’t mind me saying, you are the protagonist. I would have thought you would have at least some idea of why we are here.’ ‘Me? The protagonist? Whatever gave you that idea?’…

The Washed-Out World

Ella remembered too many of those pale dreams that floated through her nights. All those washed out landscapes like some pale watercolour world. The low mists that hugged the pale green valleys and the riders on grey horses that galloped with mist-muted hoofs through all her dreams. She wondered why she only dreamed of the…

While the Rain Keeps Falling

He looked out of the window. It was blue out there, with the thick fluffy clouds below looking substantial enough to walk on. Although, even Plunk knew better than to try that… now. As his assigned guardian angel, Betty, had said after she’d saved him, ‘even you gods are not that immortal.’ Plunk remembered, shivering.…

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Some Heaven or Some Hell

  It was something like a memory that grew with its recalling. Reba knew though that it felt wrong. It did not seem like a memory, even less like a dream. She thought it strange, but it felt more as though it was someone else’s memory. Perhaps someone once had told her of such a…

Great British Chip Design

Flashmob Spendapenny is probably the UK’s leading Chip Design Engineer. Ever since the heyday of the crinkle-cut chip a few decades ago, gastronomic designers have been working hard to produce a new style of chip suitable for the 21st Century. There have been many attempts to develop a new chip style for the zeitgeist of…

Going Through the First Door

‘What’s going on?’ ‘I don’t know. I just got here myself.’ ‘Look at that?’ ‘At what? There’s nothing there.’ ‘Exactly.’ ‘I don’t understand.’ ‘This must be fiction.’ ‘What?’ ‘The author hasn’t described the scene yet, has he?’ ‘Oh, no. I suppose not,’ he said. ‘How do you know the author is male?’ ‘It’s obvious,’ Jenny…

When the Preacher Called

Reeva had not been the only one from her village. Others too, including her best friend, Shelda, and the boy, Yond, who stared at her across the meeting hall, had also joined. After that night in the meeting hall when the preacher spoke, many of the young – and some not so young – had…