I am who I am, and nobody is going to tell me otherwise. I’m sitting in my favourite crabapple tree by the garden wall, watching the birds freak out about their visitor (me) and the clouds scud about while the sun tries to peek through. It’s spring; the sun’s losing this battle. I bat my … Continue reading Scruff
Feet shuffle on grey sand. A chill wind blows. Megakles would shiver if he still had a body, but instead the wind moans through his phantasmic ribs, adding to the chorus of distilled despair on the banks of the River Styx.Another day in the everlasting night of the Underworld.Megakles sighs. In life, his breath could … Continue reading An Obol For The Crossing
It's the Return of the 5th! Um, yes, well. Still recovering from my Star Wars geek-out yesterday (May the 4th be with you), today I bring the monthly offering from the Insecure Writer's Support Group. The IWSG, founded by Alex J. Cavanaugh, is designed "...to share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without … Continue reading Reader Responses (IWSG May)
Some great news. Back in January I received my first ever acceptance for a story to be published! I'm delighted to share with you, Hotel de Mort, a flash fiction sci-fi piece out this month in AntipodeanSF online magazine, Issue 272. This is my first publication in a fiction mag. I'm super excited. The story … Continue reading First Publication!
I burnt it all down, like I promised. You didn’t think I would do it; those four walls held too much meaning for me, you said. You were right that the walls meant a lot. A lot of pain, and joy, and memory in them. An ode to history, and to our present. But you … Continue reading Animalia Paradoxa or, Contradictory Animals
EMMA LOUISE GILL 