My calendar is starting to fill up with writing classes and workshops. In February, I’ll be co-teaching a four-week course on novel-planning for beginning writers with Kimberly Cooper Griffin. There is early bird pricing happening right now, so make sure to check it out. In March and April, Kimberly and I will be co-teaching a …
Childhood Games Shadows along hallway edges. I hold the candelabra, careful to keep my body in the light. Fetid ooze drips down the walls. Echoes of my brother’s voice screaming the shadows will eat you. Our childhood game played as adults and my brother’s delusions. Or so I believed until he disappeared.
Here’s a piece I was writing – it had to be 50 words and it had to contain a reference to wellies. I’m posting all three versions to show the thought process of trying to get through to an idea in such a short space. Fiona’s wearing orange wellies. Orange, the ones I’d saved for …
The book of Jana. I stare at the words, as they shift around, melting and coalescing into recognisable shapes. This is the book of you, Jana. I slam it shut. The title on the cover is so old and faded, I can’t tell what it says. Certainly not my name. I flip it open to …
Rochelle wades through the swirling currents of yellow and red. Smiling, she reaches a patch of blue. It plays around her knees like a happy cat, preening for her attention. Her fingers dip into the eddies where green becomes purple becomes orange and she lifts her hand to my mouth, painting my lips with the …
Finnian Burnett 