Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Shorts’ Category
Fillin’ a Hole
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014(to the tune of The Hole in the Ground with apologies to Myles Rudge and composed by Ted Dicks and Bernard Cribbins) There I was, a-fillin’ this ‘ole ‘Ole in the ground, so big & sort o’ round it was And there was I, fillin’ it full It was flat at the bottom and the […]
Red Phone Box Stories Away
Sunday, September 4th, 2011I set out to write a Red Phone Box story back in June but couldn’t find its middle. So I let it stew for awhile. Yesterday I found the middle and got the first draft together. It was 50% too long but I’ve edited down worse miscreant short stories to length (pretty much every Dirk […]
Short Short Fiction: Gothic Bite
Friday, August 24th, 2007She sleeps, bosom slowly heaving. Moonlight casts a strange hue through swirling curtains. From nowhere the irregular shade comes to brush her hair aside. Her neck revealed. Pale skin greets sharp ivory teeth. She is his.