Amy Hopkins's Blog, page 3
March 5, 2019
Updating the site…
Hey readers! I’m updating the website to add a weekly or fortnightly blog. If you get this in your email, you have at some point subscribed to the RSS feed – there will be a link at the bottom of the email for you to […]
June 6, 2018
Dash of Fiend – Chapters 19-21
Chapter Nineteen By the time I woke the next morning, head pounding from broken sleep and bad dreams, Harrod had left. A note, given to me by Cym, said he’d had to attend a meeting with Abnett. I didn’t expect him back for some time if that were the case; Abnett was notoriously long-winded and …
Dash of Fiend – Chapters 16-18
Chapter Sixteen Fibres tickled my nose and I opened my eyes. Blinking and pushing myself up on to my hands, I found myself lying on a thick, plush carpet, the strands of which had been responsible for interrupting my sleep. Pulling myself up onto the daybed next to me, I looked around. I was in …
Dash of Fiend – Chapters 13-15
Chapter Thirteen Greyson stayed in touch over the course of the next few days. He’d made some progress on the information given to him by Markson, the rich socialite who’d been buying Otherworld beings on the black market. Two more properties had been raided by Greyson’s team, both belonging to socialites with too much money …
June 5, 2018
Dash of Fiend – Chapters 9-12
Chapter Nine The next morning found me standing in the freezing cold dawn banging on a shop door in the middle of the Inner City. A window in the street slammed open and an irritated Talent Lord poked his head out to see what was happening. He pulled his head back in and snapped the …
Dash of Fiend – Chapters 5-8
Chapter Five Greyson called to tell me they’d examined the park and taken the trace in the morning, but I didn’t see him again for two days. He’d been caught up in the investigation, along with meetings with his superiors. When he arrived forty minutes late, brows furrowed angrily, I guessed those meetings hadn’t gone …
A Shifty Christmas Story
Finn O’Donaghue fumbled in his back pocket, almost letting the vibrating phone slip through numb fingers. Looking at the name on the screen, he smiled before putting it to his ear. “Hey, Beautiful.” He darted a look to either side before crossing the street and heading into the small supermarket on the corner. A warmth …
The Lord of Misrule – A Short Story
Decorations? Check. Food? More or less sorted. Invitations? In progress. Drinks? With each item I mentally ticked off, Lenny whumped his tail on the floor. Though the imminent gathering would be small and comfortable, the task of putting it together somehow loomed larger than planning a Grand Gala. Lenny huffed. “I know, boy.” I blew …
Dash of Fiend – Chapters 1-4
Chapter One Tork was possibly the most intimidating creature I’d ever seen. Nine feet tall with a horned nose and bony carapaces covering his shoulders, he dominated my tiny shop. The two gnomes who’d been here when he arrived had long since fled, leaving me alone with the short-tempered troll. “I say THREE chips!” His …
Realm of the Nine Circles – Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Dante flexed his fingers, trying to ignore the less-than-satisfying sensation of playing with a keyboard and mouse now that he had been inside the game. His rig had two high-end graphics cards, water cooled and working in tandem. Although the game visuals were photorealistic on his 24” monitor, the experience was flat and …
