Hanging on the telephone – flash fiction
An angry woman on the telephone – inspired by Blondie’s “Hanging on the Telephone”. You wouldn’t want to get a call like this.
Story
This sub-category of Articulations collects all my posts with short stories and flash fiction.
Through head-high grass – flash fiction
A hot, summer’s day and the boy is climbing the hill through head-high grass, but then he awakens something, and it’s not snakes from hibernation.
Bottled Spirits – a flash fiction for Friday Fictioneers
Beware the spirits – the genies in the bottle. They are not what you think and they won’t delight you as you hope. Listen to the old bartender!
Interview with a catafalque
A music journalist interviews a Rose, a music creator, about the true meaning of a new music mode which he discovers isn’t what he thinks.
The house that grew – a flash fiction story
The House that Grew. Molly buys seed for a new house, but living houses need to feed too. A flash fiction story for the Friday Fictioneers.
Capt. Gulliver’s Voyage to Borborygmus
Chapter headings from a previously unpublished story of the adventures of Gulliver’s Voyage to Borborygmus by Jonathan Swift. Or possibly not.
The Epiphany of St Callous of Acrimony
Epiphany was the word of the day on Artwiculate – three days before the Epiphany of January 2011. As good an excuse as any for further fantasies woven about the personality of St Callous of Acrimony.
The Case of Viscount Visage
The Case of Viscount Visage: Sheerluck Helmse and his faithful sidekick Carruthers set out on a surreal journey to track down a murderer.
Two Taciturn Men
Two taciturn men in the deep forests of Finland. A cup of coffee and a turning point. Is taciturnity the true measure of a man?
The Matrimonial Moiety of Juliet Capulet
Moiety was the Artwiculate word of the day, inspiring this Twitter Tale of the story of Romeo and Juliet retold within a moiety society.