Tag Archives: sci-fi

Childhood fantasy

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

He’s right… by the time you reach an age with double figures, fairy stories are for babies… and you are no longer a babe. In just the same way that we cease admitting to the guilty affection for the music … Continue reading →

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Guest author: C. S. Boyack – The Hat, an excerpt from a new novella

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Sue, I really appreciate the chance to visit your blog once again. You’re sure welcome over at my place any time you need it. In most blog tours it’s kind of traditional to provide an excerpt of some kind. I … Continue reading →

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Read John Maberry’s new short story collection The Fountain – FREE – 25 to 27 August… from Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

From The Story Reading Ape: Humor, twists and more in this collection of seven fantasy and sci-fi short stories. Karma can be painful in “The Fountain”–when a plunderer meets a long-dead shaman. A family adopts a retriever with special talents … Continue reading →

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Through Eternity’s Curtains (Part 1) – Richard M. Ankers – Author

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Richard M. Ankers : The stars poured from the sky in a twinkling explosion of light in the night. To our left, darkness held sway over the universe. To our right, an even deeper obsidian. Yet in that … Continue reading →

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Guest author: C. S. Boyack – The Enhanced League

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Craig Boyack, master of the short story, has been allowed out to play on his own by the magnificent Lisa Burton. But only to introduce his new book… The Enhanced League… Thanks, Sue, for lending me your blog today to … Continue reading →

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Obelisk by Joelle LeGendre #writephoto

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Writephoto prompt Obelisk; 4 sides, narrowing upward, ending in a point.  A singular structure baking in the sun.  And for what purpose? I can’t eat it, drink it or live in it.  Certainly, it shelters one from the sun’s heat … Continue reading →

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Silhouette by Carl Bystrom #writephoto

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“You’d think I’d be used to this by now.” Davis absentmindedly addressed the plump little bird cradled in his hands. The creature squirmed. The vestigial wings, dwarfed by its nearly round body, wiggled uselessly while its legs pushed in a … Continue reading →

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Low Tide – Hugh Roberts #writephoto

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Hugh has recorded the final moments of the planet Earth. As I cannot work out a way to reblog his piece for this week’s writephoto, please visit his blog to listen here: Low Tide #writephoto And while you are there, … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Robert Eggleton – Rarity from the Hollow

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Increasing Sensitivity to Victimization Through Satire and Comedy Charles Dickens may not have been the first novelist to address the evils of child victimization in fiction, but his work has certainly had an impact on the consciousness of us all. … Continue reading →

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“I think therefore…“

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Sue Vincent

From the archives 2014: The movement of the robotic face of the Geminoid DK robot is uncanny. It is almost… but not quite… perfect and has a vaguely disquieting effect, looking remarkably like Henrik Schärfe, who was part of its … Continue reading →

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