And at the same time, it shows the way that adults talk to children and do not necessarily tell the exact truth about the past.
The other stories are well worth a look, especially mine obvs!
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
All Your Stories Anthology June 2025
All of the stories in this volume are entertaining. I would like to make a special mention of Linda Hibbin. Her work is very amusing and reminded me of school dinners - not necessarily in a good way. Her writing captures both the nature of school dinners and the humour of children who had no choice but to eat them.
And at the same time, it shows the way that adults talk to children and do not necessarily tell the exact truth about the past.
The other stories are well worth a look, especially mine obvs!
And at the same time, it shows the way that adults talk to children and do not necessarily tell the exact truth about the past.
The other stories are well worth a look, especially mine obvs!
Saturday, June 07, 2025
An Invitation
An invitation
#worthingflash is an online blog run by Durrington writer Derek McMillan with the assistance of 100 other writers. You could become one!
The original aim was to encourage flash fiction in Worthing. Writers from all over the world have now taken part.
There is a competition for 100-word stories which are published in September on http://worthingflash.blogspot.com and the prize will be Derek's new book "The Pernicious Snood" which is also due for publication in September.
The maximum length in other months is 1000 words and many stories are a lot shorter. If you want to get an idea of the kind of stories accepted have a look at the blog. You can Google worthingflash or say "Alexa, find worthing flash" if you prefer.
Over 100,000 people have visited the blog so your writing will have a large audience.
All stories should be sent to worthingflash@gmail.com
All writers are volunteers. It costs nothing to submit but the reward is kudos not cash.
Sunday, June 01, 2025
Lady Susan
This is a very amusing and very short story. The epistolatory novel is not in fashion. In fact, towards the end, it ceases to be a collection of letters with the author summarising the situation.
The book was not published in Jane Austen's lifetime. It lacks to subtlety of her later works. It could almost be rough notes for a Jane Austen novel.
Lady Susan is a distinctly awful person. I can think of very few Jane Austen characters who are so venal.
However, I did enjoy reading it.
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