A word can change a mind. A sentence can change a life. A book can change the world.
I’ve been a fan of science fiction since I was a small boy of eight. Now I’m attempting to write sci-fi fiction, and it’s harder than it looks.
The Ragged Edge of Time Click on #RaggedEdgeofTime to see all available extracts Chapter Four: The Dominator The main deflector dish on Hugo’s flagship, the Dominator, was badly in need of realignment, or so the captain thought. Too much space dust and debris was getting through and causing pitting to the sleek black hull…
The Ragged Edge of Time Click on #RaggedEdgeofTime to see all available extracts Chapter Three: Horizon Jade Sexton took her seat in the packed auditorium, confident that the process of showing off the latest military hardware would be as boring as it usually was. She was wrong and there was no warning when the…
The Ragged Edge of Time Click on #RaggedEdgeofTime to see all available extracts Chapter Two: Gideon Prime Gideon Prime awoke to bright lights and a low resonance hum. He looked to his left and smiled at the man watching him. The man smiled back. “Hello. Do you know where you are?” Gideon was on a…
The Ragged Edge of Time Illustrator: BlackDog1966 Click on #RaggedEdgeofTime to see all available extracts Chapter One: In the 23rd Century – New Hope The giant generation star ship, New Hope, was on target to meet its destiny. In less than two-hundred Earth years it would achieve orbit around a new earth like planet orbiting…
I started writing because, well, that’s what I do, what I’m paid to do. Then I saw this guy, staring at me. I knew something was up. “What are you doing?” I looked up. “Writing a ticket, can’t park here.” “But I have to park here. There’s no area big enough, except here.” “This is…
“But…” the man said, trying to get a word in edgeways. The phone call was turning into a joke, the helpline being anything but helpful. “I regret to inform you that we cannot repair it, nor can we replace it. Company policy for signed for goods.” “But it was broken when…” the man began to…
Anyone watching Doctor Who would be forgiven for thinking it would be a really cool thing to travel through time and space. After all, who wouldn’t like to see what their family and friends get up to in the future. Or even what the family were like in the past. You could also be forgiven…
Grapes It’s what you are supposed to do, isn’t it? Someone you know is ill and, in the hospital, you buy them some flowers and a bag of grapes. That’s right, isn’t it? Well, that’s what I did. I gave a friend a bag of grapes. Nice, sweet black ones, nothing sinister in that… …
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