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Two of my new short stories have been published by Bridge House. The
first is called The Hollow Statue. It is set in a dark future where the
Government keeps people firmly under their control. It is a Government who can
read minds – free thought is illegal and swiftly punished. The protagonist of
the story is a teacher who asks one too many questions. The hollow statue of
the title is a technologically advanced statue which has been set up outside an
old town hall. Everybody has to assemble before these statues (one in each
town) and listen to propaganda. The hero is a rebel, but can he really change
anything in the face of such power?
The second story is titled Stranded in Eternity. It began life over ten
years ago at a festival when I attended a creative writing workshop. Each of us
were given a first line to use as the introduction of a story. Someone gave me
this line: “He revived with a smile on his face.” So from there, after many
edits the story grew and eventually became a tale about a man who crashes his
car on the way home from church and wakes up in heaven. He has to adjust to his
new surroundings and encounters a number of surprises. It is my attempt at
imagining what heaven could look like. The story contains elements of
beauty which I would like to characterize my future writing. It also explores
some of the bigger questions in life and isn’t a narrative with a moral
message. It is simply a story.
Otherwhere and Elsewhen is available from Amazon through the following
link:
The book costs £3.85p as an eBook.
There are 11 other sci-fi short stories in this anthology and I would
feel privileged if you decided to read it.
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