Magpie Stories
In this 45 minute writing challenge I had one goal. Find a random image online, have 45 minutes to write it and then see what happened. (Oh I did have five minutes to edit). By the way those of you who enjoy all things arboreal, you might want to consider being careful in the woods, especially at night.
In these stories I have tried something new. Each is exactly two hundred and fifty words. For some not more than a paragraph. Two hundred and fifty words to create three (maybe) unrelated tales that are designed to unsettle you my dear audience.
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A tale from Magpie Stories, what would happen if you found a book and helped to tell its story? We all know no harm can come from a story… right?
Who can tell what is really going on in this mad world? It is all a matter of perspective.
No one likes interviews, feeling uncomfortable and stuffy, this place, this feeling. Isaac knows nothing is wrong. I mean nothing is wrong with this place… right?
A Christmas Reunion – Caleb needs to face it again, to face her one last time
The opening of my novel (a work in progress). Surely for James, nothing could be safer than being at his Grandma’s house?
The beginning, surely a conversation with a grandfather is innocent enough? It should not start the path to corruption…
A short story from the small mining town of Hucknall, a town with a secret, a town who needs to bury its secrets.