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Clown
I had been drawn into a dark circus of a world; a world where high-wired voices had giggled so delicately, over nothing. This is the spirit of the circus, they had voiced with curled lips, and it’s...
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Popworld
Midnight, beats pumping, last orders. She watches him; he winks. She smears gloss to hungry lips. Gloss, she thought, it always mesmerizes him. Morning after; their heads throb, and he induces...
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Camp NaNoWriMo – April 2014
Hello Readers, Hot news! I am a participant in Camp NaNoWriMo April 2014! In April, I will be writing the first draft of my debut novel (a psychological thriller/horror), and Camp NaNoWriMo is going to...
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The Forage
An apricot sunrise seethed through the misty moors. She wandered grasslands; pulled lady’s smock by their roots, by the heaps. Her necklet loosened; it fell, unbeknownst to her. In the sky, Parakeets...
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Life
Ernest Burroughs pulled the well-thumbed life manual close to his face. His cataract eyes failed him; so he sniffed out the written words with his white-haired nostrils. The words travelled his nasal...
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Burning Violin
Gypsy teeth gripped black roses Dancing to Cohen; Goodbye soaked our blue raincoatsFiled under: Poetry Tagged: Blue, Blue Raincoat, Burning, Cohen, Creative Writing, Dance, Goodbye, Gypsy, Haiku,...
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Hush
Words strangle my throat; I try Three thousand ways to Come crawling to your bare feetFiled under: Poetry Tagged: 16 Words, Creative Writing, Feet, Haiku, Hush, Obsession, Poem, Strangle, Thousand,...
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Augusta
Sandy hair coiled coral, combing the marine; a tangled frenzy. Barren breath like glitzy moth wings, quivering a thousand beats. Red-raw meat humours a famished mouth, Gone astray, hailed in the wild....
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Book Review – The Little Old Lady who Broke all the Rules by Catharina...
Hello Readers. Today I finished reading my third book of 2015, The Little Old Lady who Broke all the Rules, by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg. This book certainly made a lighthearted change from the first...
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Rootless
She had woken in a loveless society that admired nothing more than its own reflection. She had commuted dank streets for years, with her coat collar tucked protectively in the crook of her neck;...
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Book Review – Daughter by Jane Shemilt
Hi Readers, Today, I finished reading the thriller, Daughter by Jane Shemilt. I must say that this has been my least favourite book I’ve read this year, and I have explained the reasons in my review...
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Book Review – The Book of You, by Claire Kendal
Hello Readers, This week, I finished reading my fifth book of 2015 – the psychological-supense thriller, The Book of You, by Claire Kendal; and I must say what an exciting read it was. I flicked...
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Book Review – Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie
Hello readers! This weekend, I finished reading the crime novel, ‘Death on the Nile’ by Agatha Christie. Below is my review of the novel from a writing perspective, which was originally posted on...
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Book Review – The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Hello Readers, Today, I finished reading the haunting, magical and suspenseful novel, ‘The Miniaturist’, by Jessie Burton (her debut novel). The review below contains my thoughts of the book from a...
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Book Review – Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell
Hello Readers, This week, I finished reading ‘Instructions for a Heatwave’, by Maggie O’Farrell. The review below contains my thoughts on the book from a writing perspective. Please note that there...
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Book Review: The Memory Game by Nicci French
Hello Readers, Last week I finished reading the psychological-thriller, The Memory Game, by Nicci French. The following review focuses on the book from a writing perspective, with less focus on the...
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Wildfire
If you were stood here watching my eyes, you would see a reflection of what I see before me, Of smoking clouds punching at the forever seas, crashing waves to starry heights. You see, there is an...
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Blink
A medley of Bach was the only thing that could silence her mind, in this racing city. She pressed the volume up on her Ipod. The iconic chords managed to dumb-out the sound of her heavy stilettos upon...
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Torn
The roses in the garden were wilting, as though they were nodding their approval of your ignorance towards me. So I tugged them from the earth, removed their mocking heads, and threw them into the sad...
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Book Review – Daughter by Jane Shemilt
Hi Readers, Today, I finished reading the thriller, Daughter by Jane Shemilt. I must say that this has been my least favourite book I’ve read this year, and I have explained the reasons in my review...
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