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Tag Archives: supernatural
The Blackened Witch | Flash Fiction
There was a common misconception about witches that Amanda was sick and tired of hearing: green skin, wicked to the core, covered in boils, and wholly unattractive. She liked to think of herself as being somewhat pretty, even if she … Continue reading
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Blood and Bones | Flash Fiction
There were many more people capable of necromancy – and other, less narratively relevant forms of magic – than were advertising their services in The Black Pages, and more still that were practising the art with any sort of meaning. … Continue reading
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The Cyber Coven | Flash Fiction
There are only three things one needs to know about Diana Dyer: in the last ten years of her life, she had become adept at modern technology; she (literally) could barely stand to be around people, and; she was a … Continue reading
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Ready, Set, NaNo
The last time I wrote on this blog, I was posting a short story. Soon thereafter, I was starting a new job. This post isn’t about my new job, except to say that it’s been the primary cause of (a) … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, books, creativity, dublin, entertainment, hobby, interactive fiction, ireland, nanowrimo, paranormal, paul carroll, productivity, publishing, supernatural, writer, writing
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The Happy Pear | Flash Fiction
For years, people bought fruit from Imelda without realising that it was special. She knew, but she kept it a secret. She didn’t think a street market was a good place to unveil to the world that things were not … Continue reading
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The Misfortune Teller | Flash Fiction
Life was meant to come with some surprises. Science had made it easy to predict certain things, like the gender of an expected baby, the potential spread of cancer, the risk of any number of genetic diseases, the likelihood of … Continue reading
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World-building Through Storytelling
In January of this year, I spent time every day writing short stories, and developing ideas. Several of these stories fed into a shared universe, with a single item at its centre: a phone book for the supernatural, called The Black … Continue reading
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