Alexander McEvoy
Bio
Writing has been a hobby of mine for years, so I'm just thrilled to be here! As for me, I love writing, dogs, and travel (only 1 continent left! Australia-.-)
I hope you enjoy what you read and I can't wait to see your creations :)
Achievements (1)
Stories (111/0)
- Top Story - October 2023
Play It AgainTop Story - October 2023
Gentle music drifted through the bar, lingering around the quiet tables with their smiling faces and companionable silences. It was not a night for loud talk or boisterous laughing. It was a weeknight, the war was long finished, and the revelry for the returning soldiers long buried in the mundanity of life.
By Alexander McEvoy7 months ago in Fiction
- Second Place in 2023 Vocal Writing Awards - Science Fiction
Holy TerraSecond Place in 2023 Vocal Writing Awards - Science Fiction
The stench of blood was thick in the recycled air. Its metallic reek stuck to the new captain’s throat even as the auto-scrubbers got to work removing it from circulation. She didn’t think that she would ever forget the stench, the taste of the air, or the feeling of her knife grinding against the old captain’s ribs.
By Alexander McEvoy8 months ago in Fiction
- Top Story - September 2023
How do (I) Write?Top Story - September 2023
I read Mackenzie Davis's "How do YOU write?" and the questions asked in that text were very interesting for me. I think about writing a lot, and I think about how I'm going to write my next piece a lot. So the answer, for me, is haphazardly.
By Alexander McEvoy8 months ago in Writers
Parasocial
Smiling into the camera, she talked about something on Twitter. There was something off about her, a tiredness, or an anxiety that I could not put my finger on. Maybe I was projecting. But none of that mattered, her words were so much empty space now, a time capsule of entertainment. A frozen moment.
By Alexander McEvoy8 months ago in Horror
The Dominion, Part One: Gods
From the top of Central Tower Cassandra White could look out over the whole of the Dominion. Her Dominion. A grin spread slowly across her lips, stopping well short of her eyes, as a fire flared somewhere far below. It’s yellowish orange glow shining small as lights on a festival tree among the glittering sea of white pinpricks beneath her feet. One more slum up in smoke.
By Alexander McEvoy8 months ago in Chapters
Descent (Part Three)
Note: the following is based on a continuation of “Community Story” prompt presented by most excellent fellow Canadian Donna Fox. If you would like to join the fun, please go to the original post and either pick a story line or invent your own!
By Alexander McEvoy9 months ago in Chapters
Adolescent Odyssey
I don’t remember the first book I ever read, but the first one I recall having read to me was a favourite of my mother. Coincidentally, it’s a favourite of mine, though I think we’ll skip the philosophical discussion about indoctrination for another time. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, is a wonderful book, but not the one I want to talk about today.
By Alexander McEvoy9 months ago in BookClub
- Top Story - August 2023
A Touch Of The FeyTop Story - August 2023
Music rose from the depths of the glen. A beautiful, soft sort of music like the gentle patter of rain on summer leaves. This music calls to those who wander by, drawing them into the glen if they, as my mamo used to say, have a touch of the fey about them. Calling them into the gentle shade of the overhanging trees where the music will speak to them, if they can hear it.
By Alexander McEvoy9 months ago in Fiction
- Top Story - August 2023
For Whom the Whistle BlowsTop Story - August 2023
You awake alone on a train with trees drifting slowly by outside. You sit in the window seat, in the first row, facing forward. Looking behind yourself, you see that every seat stretching back to the door is empty, light that does not shine glittering in the eyes of people who are not there. It is dark in the car, the attendant hasn’t been seen for hours, and the only light comes from a perfectly full moon in a clear, cloudless sky.
By Alexander McEvoy9 months ago in Horror