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A Flash of Inspiration: “The End of the 20th Century”
Linda Mannheim interviewed
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Friendship Issue
INSIGHTS AT LIQUORLAND
A teacher gains insight from a difficult student
Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
CONSOLATION
A young creative asks whether she dare disturb the universe
Photo Inspiration: Construction – A building site is rife with hiding places.
Photo Inspiration: Merry-Go-Round – Stop, I want to get off.
Photo Inspiration: Disaster
Photo Inspiration: An Empty Seat, or Empty Seats.
Will someone rush in late, sidling down the row in the dark bumping knees and blocking the view? Or not. Perhaps something urgent came up, and they’re out there dealing ...
Photo Inspiration: New Year
Will everything change for the new year? New things can be exciting, or scary. Often they go from being one to the other. Is there a story in that journey?
Photo Inspiration: Family Traditions – They must start somewhere.
Photo Inspiration: Drawers
You can uncover anything, or anyone, if you look hard enough. What story lurks in these drawers?
Photo Inspiration: Bouquet
Grand gesture of love? Memorial tribute? Apology? …
Tour de France
The Tour de France is the most sought after crown in the cycling world. This epic race covers 2200 miles, takes 22 days to complete, has men with shaved legs ...
Photo Inspiration: Lights
Who or what is watching what or whom? Maybe your story begins at a night football match or in a prison yard. Or perhaps these are magnified neurons furiously sending ...
Photo Inspiration: Fair
All’s fair. Or is it? What goes on in the darkness behind the bright lights and manic carousel jingles? The boy who always rocks the ferris wheel car… do you ...
Photo Inspiration: What Lies Outside
Photo Inspiration: Luxury
Luxury… some have got, some have not. To what lengths would your character go to get some? Or to hide it, if they had to? Rags, riches, or the unpredictable ...
Photo Inspiration: Life Belt
Who needs it?
Photo Inspiration: Crossed Wires
Crossed Wires. Have you looked up lately? Hundreds of lines of communication meeting, crossing, connecting people. At least, they used to. What does the architecture of today’s communication lines look ...
Photo Inspiration: Sports Day
School Sports Day. Did you relish it, or dread it? Were you always last to be picked, or first to the finish? In the run up to the Olympics, it seems there’s ...
In Their Footsteps: Daphne du Maurier’s Cornwall
If London’s smoggy skyline, bright lights and bustling pavements aren’t helping you put pen to paper, maybe it’s time to leave the capital for greener pastures. Follow in the footsteps ...