... from belly-buttons to extremities, feathers to
stiletto and a nyckelharpa to a mark on a hand, for which I thank you all, but
the week’s winner only said ‘it ‘ had arrived - with the hope that it would
work. Antonia’s Captain, of course,
his life taking a momentary upturn in episode 130.
Among my reading this week I stepped into the rarely-visited
genre of long-ago historical. As a crime writer, Manda Scott‘s ability to
describe and give life to her characters was of a calibre that, almost, made me
give up writing. I was curious to see how she tackled the world of Boadicea, and
found myself transported into another world, rather that just seeing extreme facets
of my own.
It occurs to me that well over three-quarters of the
tales here also have that other-worldliness which is why they are so
compelling, with or without the expansion of a serial – and it is always good
to have such generous feedback.
Words for the
coming week are: jacket neutral sand
Entries
by midnight Thursday January 28th,
new words and winners posted on Friday 29th
Usual rules: 100
words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all of the
three words above in the genres of horror, fantasy, science fiction or noir.
Serialized fiction is, as always, welcome. All variants and use of the words
and stems are fine. Feel free to post links to your stories on Twitter or
Facebook or whichever social media best pleases you and, if you like, remind
your friends that we are open to new and returning writers.
