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Making it easier for you to find shi- stuff on my page
I've using Vocal as a place to collect my short stories and ideas, and flex the ole writing muscle. This year, I'm also using it to build a habit of daily practise.
What you'll find here
Short stories are my happy place, but I occasionally try some wanky poetry. I post the odd recipe or review here and there.
This year, I am submitting a microfiction every day, so I expect the majority of recent pieces on my profiles will be these submissions. They're generally 3-minute reads. I've made a separate pillar post for these.
I've divided it all into six categories:
- Stories (short fiction, microfiction)
- Wanky Poetry
- Recipes
- Reviews
- Thoughts about writing
- Miscellaneous non-fiction
Within those categories, everything is mostly ordered newest to oldest.
Stories
Daily Micros - A Story Every Day in 2024 are now in a separate pillar post which you can find here:
Fiction (regular length short fiction)
The Speaking of Trees (Whispering Woods Challenge entry)
Deep in the Neverwood (Whispering Woods Challenge entry)
The Nevergreens (Whispering Woods Challenge entry)
Deliver Us From Evil - entry to the Misplaced Challenge
A New Friend - entry to the Misplaced challenge
Thoughts of a Dead Person - entry to the Misplaced challenge
Dead End - crime fiction, for the Whodunit challenge
Skipper - Love story, which is not my usual!
Meat, Walking - fantasy, Top Story 🏅
East of the Sun and Text of the Moon - Top Story 🏅twisted fairytale, entered into the Tales Retold challenge
Run, Run As Fast As You Can - Top Story 🏅, twisted fairytale, entered into the Tales Retold challenge
The REAL Story of the Three Little Pigs - twisted fairytale
But I Told Her I Don't Like Cats - short story
Lost - fantasy (Top Story 🏅)
Found - fantasy, (in two parts, maybe read Lost first)
The Future Tree - true story (Runner Up 🏅 in the Passing Ships challenge)
Ms Fortune - fantasy
Déjà Rêvé - fantasy
The Scientist's Daughter - fantasy, (Runner-Up in Unexpected Uncovering Challenge)
The Kelpie - fantasy, young adult, series
Blood Honey Salt - twisted fairytale, dark, series
Glass Dolls - scifi, dystopian (Part 1 of a series)
The Squinch - submission for the Little Black Book challenge
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Microfiction
Panthera Uncia - entry for the Snow Micro Challenge
Cragfast - entry for the Snow Micro Challenge
Snow Golem - entry for the Snow Micro Challenge
Revenge of the Snowman - entry for the Snow Micro Challenge
Snow Angel - entry for the Snow Micro Challenge
Blood on Snow - Runner Up in the Snow Micro Challenge
Joy at the Top of the Hill - entry for the Snow Micro Challenge
The Snowman - entry for the Snow Micro Challenge
The Invisible Man - micro fiction (250 words) for Oneg and James' Summer Writing Challenge
The Worst Heist - microfiction, Top Story 🏅, my most read piece!
The Jewel - microfiction, Top Story 🏅
Dragon Scales - microfiction (100 words)
Bloom - microfiction (100 words)
Graduation Day - AKA The Dying Room - microfiction, fanfiction (100 words)
Cornflakes - microfiction (100 words), a true story
Mummy Took Me to Watch The Hanging Today - microfiction, (100 words) (Top Story 🏅)
25 seconds and more of agonyShe Always Had Her Nose Buried in a Book - microfiction (<100 words)
Confessions of a Murderer - microfiction (<100 words)
The Intruder - microfiction (<100 words), adventure (sort of)
Just One Wish - Microfiction (100 words)
Wanky Poetry
A Horse Called Story - entry for the Abecedarian Challenge
Let's Dance - entry for the Abecedarian Challenge
Little Brush Strokes of You - entry for the Abecedarian Challenge
Hitting Snooze on the New Year
The Process - content warning necessary
Dying - acrostic, regarding Man Flu
Distractions (submitted to Dancing with Distraction) (Top Story 🏅)
Coffee (submitted to Sensational)
Creative Constipation (submitted to Sensational) (Top Story 🏅)
Fresh Bread (submitted to Sensational)
Flight (submitted to Sensational)
Whose Idea Was This? (submitted to Sensational)
I Smelt It On Him (submitted to Sensational)
For Children Of All Ages (submitted to Sensational)
Forest, AKA, "A Woody Sussuration" (submitted to Sensational)
Mistress Rain (submitted to Sensational)
String Theory - (submitted to the Epistolary challenge)
Recipes
I like food that is deceptively easy to prepare, but tasty! Bonus points if it's also low-cost and keeps well. My style is pretty much to dive straight in to the ingredients and method, without much pre-amble.
Eggs Benedict - easiest hollandaise recipe I've ever tried!
Easy Bread Rolls - similar to brioche, very quick!
Level Up Your Curry Night - Very easy flatbreads
Germerican Pancakes - Easy dessert or snack. Great with fruit and cream.
Put it in your mouth and tell me you love me - strawberry & white chocolate cheesecake
Writing about writing
Fucked Up Fairytales - An Unofficial Challenge
A Story Every Day - Prompts for April
Sex Robot Challenge - And the Winner is...
Going Nuts: Reflections on A Story Every Day- February Edition
Why Do I Write? Let Me Count The Ways
My Usual: The Snow Micro Challenge
Musings on the Misplaced Challenge
Hunting Cats: Reflections on "A Story Every Day" So Far (January Edition)
A Story Every Day - Prompts for February
Reflect & Aspire: Twin Mirrors
You Know You're a Writer When...
Schäfer's Gloves-Off Iron Maiden Challenge
Getting Comfy With Critique - Part 2
Reflection on 4k Reads, AKA "How Writing is a Bit Like Sex"
The Beginning, The Middle & The Twist
My Musings on the Tales Retold Challenge
New Musings on the Block - on writer's block
The Little Writer - musings on my first written piece
My Reflections on the Microfiction Magic challenge
Ten Books You Have To Read Before You Die
Never Have I Ever (Writers' Edition) - A conversation about the little things that pull us out of a story (Top Story 🏅)
Hey You! Yes, You. Write Something - The importance of writing for your mental well-being (Top Story 🏅)
What's the best strategy for posting on Vocal? - Chatting about what works and what doesn't (Top Story 🏅)
You Write What You Read - A motivational wossname to put some good shit into your eyeballs (Top Story 🏅)
Naked Truth - A gynecologist never knew a patient so well. Possibly ironically, the only piece of mine about writing that didn't get a top story, but in my opinion the one that most deserved it.
Reviews
Words That Changed My World II - Discworld; Witches Abroad
Words That Changed My World - The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Schäfer's Round-Up - A shout out to fellow Vocal writers
Shaun of the Dead - micro critique (50 words), Top Story 🏅
Harry Potter - micro critique
Terminator 2: Judgement Day - micro critique
A Christmas Carol - micro critique
Lord of the Rings (books) - micro critique (50 words), Top Story 🏅
Breaking Bad - micro critique
Kill Bill Vol 1 - micro critique
Snow White (1937) - (50 words)
Good Omens 2 - (50 words)
Barbie - (50 words)
Oppenheimer - (50 words)
Miscellaneous Nonfiction
Bandwagon Jumping Self-Reflection
Ten Lessons I Learned From My Dog
Hamsters: How Not To Get Bitten
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Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate engagement and do my best to reciprocate reads.
Last edited on 23rd September 2023
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Yours is a great work goal, congratulations on your commitment. I stopped for a few months, but I started writing again and finding this today is a great inspiration and motivation!
Wow! You are a prolific writer!
Very Cool. Love fairy tales and "Wanky Poetry"!
Nicely organised! I think I have generally read more of your writing related pieces and critiques, plus reviews and a few of the food ones! For shame I remember the food ones the most ! 😅😆 I tell myself I’m gonna get to everyone’s backlog of fiction - it’ll happen! 😊
Oh this is a wonderful idea! I should do this sometime too. I'm going to slowly go through your list now 😉
This is such a clever idea and wonderfully organised! *grabs a mug of tea and settles in for a read* Thank you for being a writer ^ ^!
I love this idea of Vocal. It helps me speak out of trauma I have
L.C. Was in love with this article from the subtitle, I was already smiling. I love the idea of organizing all your work into the categories of your choosing! So smart! I wonder if Vocal would ever put that in our profile settings? 🤔
Yayyyy, thank you so much for getting your shit together! 🤣 Sorry I mean stuff, thank you for putting stuff from your profile together! 😁
Great idea and it will be helpful!
Nice job! This will make it much easier to make sure I've read all your stories. Also, I love the cover photo choice!
I like this. Your pride in your work is clear and putting it together to make it easier for your audience to access is really cool.