Tag: fiction
The Mermaid’s Call
One of the ironies – and a potential drawback – of series novels is that they tend to open with tedious preambles. Authors seem to think they need to …
Read moreThe House Without Windows
This is the enchanting tale of Eepersip, a rather lonely little girl who lives with her parents in the foothills of Mount Varcrobis. One day, she deci …
Read moreStillicide
Stillicide looks like it would mean something to do with the death of peace and tranquillity. It’s actually an archaic word for ‘the falling of water’ …
Read moreThe Significance of Swans
I felt a new energy. My sore feet and back didn’t seem to matter now. I felt the happiest that I had felt, possibly ever. As I marched, I thought of a …
Read moreMe, I’m Like Legend, I Am
‘Stop! Where do you go?’ shouted Tom at the sound. A woman came into view, pacing up the hillside with a large backpack strapped behind her. She wore …
Read moreWater, Water, Nowhere
Mattie tried to remain composed while she faced the IriScan, keeping her features relaxed so the pigment algorithm of her irises could be analysed. It …
Read moreThe Chosen
Leah’s father sighed and shook the reins. Twenty-year-old Leah, next to him in the one-horse buggy, looked up from her Gospel book. She knew that bein …
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