Matthew Sylvester
Short Story
Hunter; Hunted
He ran blindly through the low undergrowth, whimpering through his gasps for breath. Lifting his rifle he twisted slightly and fired blindly over his shoulder, switching from semi-automatic to full-auto, spraying the area behind him. A root caught his foot and he went sprawling with a cry of fear. Face hitting the ground, he struggled … Continue reading
P4dr3
Every other step that the padre took was accompanied by a heavy thud as his staff thumped down onto the walkway set between the myriad of pipes that gave Conduit – an infamous part of Absalom Station – its alternative name, Pipetown. Passing from lit area into unlit area, he seemed to dissolve each time … Continue reading
Bitter Defeat – Blaise Maximillian
Well, I know that I’ve been saying it for a long time, but I’ve finally started to edit all of my Blaise stories so that I can publish them in an anthology of short stories, most like to be know as “Bitter Defeat Volume 1”. As many of you will know, I wrote some of … Continue reading
The ability to write is like a knife’s blade
The ability to write, and write as well as you can, is like a knife’s blade. If you don’t sharpen a knife’s blade, it will eventually become dull, and then blunt, and the same happens with writing. If you want to be a writer, you have to actually write. I know, it’s an amazing fact … Continue reading
Two Pistols Pariah and his adventures on the Merry Sue
A bit of background. Every night my youngest asks me “What should I dream about?” For the last four years or so, I’ve come up with a dream for her. Most of the dreams centre around the world of Faraway, something that I created for my eldest 8 years ago, and which involves, Gnomes, all … Continue reading
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