Posts Tagged ‘short story’

Recently in the group, we decided to write a collaborative story. Phil Hollis, our beloved secretary, wrote the first chapter which was then be taken up by three separate groups to write their own chapters. The results, as expected, were very different. Only two conditions were applied: 1. No introducing anything new 2. Only one [...]

The Caretaker

Posted: 17th February 2012 by Mathew Bridle in Mathew's Blog, Member's Blogs, Short Stories
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I have walked these halls in immense joy and sorrow. I painted these walls with the blood of many sacrifices. Some call them victims but, that is a lie. They all gave up living wholly by their own choices, some thrust themselves upon my serrated blades while others tore themselves apart until their strength was abated. Either [...]

We heard them before we saw them. Drums banging, boots crunching. Everyone in the village was out in the square slowly forming into a half moon in front of the soldiers as they stomped their shining black boots in time with the drums. Then there was silence.  One soldier came forward, his scarlet jacket a [...]

“Can you hear the drums,” the General yanked the man’s head up so that he could look into the bloodied and bruised eyes, “Fernando?” he jerked his head back down again Fernando felt nothing. “They are counting down the remainder of your life,” the General spat in Fernando’s face, the spittle mingling with blood from [...]

On the night of September 7th 2006 a score of men and a few of the women of Senice in southern Italy were gathered in Signor Paroni’s field in the light of the full moon prepared to harvest his fine crop of corn. Amongst the men was Benno, a simpleton much affected by the silvery [...]

[show_avatar email=mathewbridle@hotmail.com align=left avatar_size=100] It’s as well that there are no rules as how we are supposed to write. When I say that I am not talking about grammar and sentence construction and all that old guff. No, what I’m talking about is the actual way in which we all sit down and prepare to [...]

The Last Members of The Print Works Fishing Club. They gazed into each other’s eyes, their hands almost touching. The guard at the side of the room coughed a polite reminder they were not to make contact. She shook her head and sighed. “Whatever did you think you were doing?” Amanda asked. “We never though it [...]

Of all the things I’d like to do every day is to be able to sit down and get a 1000 words done on my book, Lo the Prophet, it’s a sequel you know. I started it a year ago and it’s still only 96 thousands words. I know that sounds like a lot but [...]

The rain lashed against the motel window driven with spite by a cold easterly wind that whipped up sea crashing it into the small harbour outside. It had been the toughest three days of his life to sit and watch his brother fade away to nothingness. He had been so strong in his youth, so [...]

Results will be posted after voting is completed on 21st May 2009. Eric C Williams was this year’s winner, the results and winning entries will be posted here asap. Eric was a prolific sci-fi writer during the 1960′s and 1970′s and into the 1980′shere are a few of his titles: To End All Telescopes Monkman Comes Down [...]