Category Archives: fiction

Technical matters are best left to skilled tradesmen from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I confess I rarely have many dealings with erotic novelists. This isn’t snobbery on my part, it’s just they tend to be so much more generously remunerated than a mere poet. Still I do have a friend who is renown … Continue reading →

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Waiting by pensitivity #writephoto

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

You can check Sue’s original post on this week’s photo challenge here: https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/3193846/posts/1313627084 There should be some really interesting entries this week, so much to see in the picture and ponder over! Here’s mine. The Grandfather Clock stood silently in … Continue reading →

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Smorgasbord Short Stories – The First Date by Sally Cronin

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Sally Cronin: The First Date Kathleen viewed her face in the mirror. She sighed as she observed the crow’s feet at the corner of her eyes. They said it was a sign of character and a sunny personality; … Continue reading →

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Hundred #writeinspiration

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

She pulls dull, sagging skin into an approximation of a face-lift. It will need more than surgery. In their two years together she feels she has aged a hundred. Dreams and white lace hang loosely on her bones. She can … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Susan A. Royal – Xander’s Tangled Web

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I write Scifi, Fantasy and Paranormal. Most of my stories are about people who have adventures they never expected. Think Twilight Zone or Amazing stories. Something along those lines. I love to talk about writing any chance I get, and … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Inia Jardine – Visions

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The tale of visions, of me and how it all started… Most people all over the world, I’m sure, dream of spending some time on a sun-drenched tropical island to get away from the hustle and bustle of their daily … Continue reading →

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The Sharp End – a Jack Lockwood story from Geoffrey West

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I met Barry one evning in the Dog and Duck.  Here’s his story: I stood in the queue with all the other down-and-outs, wondering whether the food tasted as awful as it looked. It was a pretty dispiriting scene: a … Continue reading →

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Port Naain by starlight – from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Madam Alena was, at the time, my oldest patron. A petite slender lady with short cropped white hair; she would from time to time summon me to her home to entertain a group of her acquaintances These were never events … Continue reading →

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The Port Naain Philosophical and Debating Society for Ladies of wit and discernment – Tallis Steelyard

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Sue Vincent

As a less poetically inclined gentleman once commented, ‘My memoirs are not my confessions.’ These are sentiments I feel a certain kinship with, the duty of a poet is to draw attention towards that which is worthwhile, not to rub … Continue reading →

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Guest Author: Cynthia A. Morgan – A gentle message

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Best Seller! Must Read! Page-turner! Wait? How does one define precisely what these are when, to coin the over-utilized phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder”?  What makes a book something you cannot put down; what compels readers … Continue reading →

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