Carter woke up, blearily rubbing his eyes. He could hear the television on in the other room again. “I gotta get some better help for this,” he muttered. “Or some better sleeping pills.” He considered for a moment whether to get out of bed and turn the television off, and realised it wasn’t just the […]
Behind The Scenes: Xeme
If you want to avoid spoilers, please read the original story – Xeme – before reading this post. First off, apologies for this post being a day late. That’s really been a bit unavoidable as a great deal of my evenings this week have been spent moving to new web hosting. The new design was […]
Xeme
“What is that?” Frank asked, pointing. “It’s a xeme,” the bald man said. “Also known as a fork-tailed gull, or Sabine’s gull.” “Is it real?” “Stuffed, of course,” the man said. “It’s about twenty or more years old, I’m really not sure off the top of my head. Came from a retired soldier or something […]
Behind The Scenes: Warrington
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the story “Warrington“. Please feel free to read that first, if you want to avoid spoilers… This is 28th story of the year, so it’s the second of the stories using the random letter. Again, I copped out and made it a character’s name – sorry. Warrington […]
Warrington
“Can you tell me the way to the castle?” The man behind the bar scratched at his moustache and looked at the customer doubtfully. “Why do you want to go there?” the bartender asked. “He’s a crazy old man.” “I’m a journalist,” the man said. “Paul Rossi. I’ve been asked to interview him.” The bartender […]
Behind The Scenes: Marooned
This is the “Behind The Scenes” post for the story “Marooned“. Please feel free to read that first, if you want to avoid spoilers… This is the first story of the second half, and I wanted to open with something a bit different. I’d had the idea for this story in my head for a […]
Marooned
“Where’s the transport, Captain?” “What?” the captain looked up from the viewfinder of her camera and looked over. Puzzled, she said “It’s not there.” “I didn’t hear it, did you?” “No, Private, I didn’t.” They looked at each other for a moment. “So… what do we do now?”
Behind The Scenes: Your Death, Foretold / Zero Nine
I wasn’t well last week, and I really didn’t manage to get a lot done on Wednesday other than running a high fever and feeling sorry for myself. So this is a kind of “roundup” of the two. Click the links to read the original stories, if you haven’t already. Your Death, Foretold I wanted […]